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NEET Biology NEET PYQ-Kingdom Plantae

  • 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:                         [AIPMT 2000]

    A) Chlorophyceae

    B) Rhodopyceae

    C) Bacillariophyceae

    D) Cyanophyceae

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] Members of Rhodophyceae (red algae) contain chlorophyll-a, d, r-phycoerythrin, r-phyco-cyanin \[\alpha \] and \[\beta \] carotene pigments. Members of Chlotophyceae (green algae) contain chlorophyll-a, b, \[\beta \] carotene pigments. Members of Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) contain chlorophyll-a, c, \[\beta \] carotene, e-carotene pigments. Members of Cyanophyceae (cyanobacteria, blue-green algae) contain chlorophyll-a, c-phycocyanin, c phycoerythrin, \[\beta \] carotene pigments.


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