Question

What is floridean starch?

Answer 1

Floridean starch:

1. Floridean starch is a storage glucan found in glaucophytes and red algae that serves as the principal sink for fixed carbon from photosynthesis.
2. Floridean starch is a major carbohydrate sink from photosynthesis.
3. It is a type of food storage in certain algae.
4. They are present as tiny granules in the cytoplasm of the cell, outside the chloroplast.
5. They are found as a cap over pyrenoids.