ALGAE

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

•Eukaryotes
•Autotropic
•plantlike
•Sexual and asexual means
 CLASSIFICATION OF
ALGAE
1. GREEN
ALGAE/CHLOROP
HYTA
-unicellular
-colonies, sheets,
filaments, tubes, and
ribbons
-some are edible
Ex: green algae
 CLASSIFICATION OF ALGAE
2. GOLDEN
ALGAE
-chlorophyll is yellow
pigment
-stored food in the form of
leucosin oil or chrysolami
 CLASSIFICATION OF ALGAE
3.
BROWN
ALGAE/PHAEPHY
TA
-brown pigments mask
their chlorophyll
-largest of the species
-stored carbohydrates in
the form of laminarin
 CLASSIFICATION OF ALGAE
4. RED
ALGAE/RHODOPHY
TA
-stored food in the form of
floridean starch
-red pigments mask their
chlorophyll
 PURPOSES OF ALGAE
• Algin-a thickening agent for food processing (brown
algae)
• Carrageenan-food, pudding, ice cream, toothpaste(red
algae)
• Iodine (brown algae)
• Agar-for growth media used in media (red algae)
• As food- red and brown algae
Pair the side A to side B By connecting a lines

SIDE A SIDE B
• Yellow pigment that stored food
1. Green algae in the form of leucosin.
• They are edible algae
2. Golden algae
• They have red pigment and they
stored their foods in the form of
3. Brown algae floridean.
• They have brown pigment an
4. Red algae they are the largest species