AFMC AFMC Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    A research scholar once collected certain alga and found that its cells contained chlorophyll a, chlorophyll d and phycoerythrin. The alga must belong to

    A) Chlorophyceae

    B) Rhodopyceae

    C) Bacillariophyceae            

    D) Cyanophyceae

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Members of Rhodophyceae (red algae) contain chlorophyll-a, d, r-phycoerythrin, r-phyco-cyanina and p carotene pigments. Members of Chlorophyceae (green algae) contain chlorophyll-a, b, P carotene pigments. Members of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) contain chlorophyll-a, c, P carotene, e-carotene pigments. Members of Cyanophyceae (cyanobacteria, blue-green algae) contain chlorophyll-a, c-phycocyanin, c phycoerythrin, p carotene pigments.


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