Question

What shape is the chloroplast of Ulothrix?

Answer 1

Ulothrix:

1. It is a genus of filamentous green algae (family Ulotrichaceae) found in marine and freshwater.
2. Chloroplast is the cell organelle which contains photosynthetic pigments for photosynthesis.

Shape of chloroplast:

1. The chloroplasts of Ulothrix are girdle-shaped, it contains one or more pyrenoids.
2. They are eukaryotic and multicellular because the cells have specific functions as the lowermost cell serves as holdfast and it doesn't have chloroplast, and the apical cell is dome-shaped.