Algae are a group of autotrophic, photosynthetic and oxygen producing organisms, which are mostly found in aquatic habitat. They are present in both freshwater and marine water, but some forms are also found on moist soil, tree bark and other terrestrial places. They contain chlorophyll and prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis. … Read more
Algae are economically very useful organisms. They are used in food, agriculture, medicine, industry and fuel production. They grow very fast. They can grow in sea water and waste water also. For this reason they are used as cheap biological material. Many algae are used as food. Spirulina and Chlorella are used as food supplement. … Read more
Algae are simple, mostly aquatic and photosynthetic organisms. They are different from land plants because true root, stem and leaves are absent. Vascular tissues are also absent. The plant body of algae is simple. It is not differentiated into different plant parts. This type of body is called thallus. Algae show great variation in size … Read more
Algae are simple, chlorophyll bearing and photosynthetic organisms. They may be microscopic unicellular forms or large multicellular seaweeds. Phytoplankton are small algal forms and kelp is large seaweed form. The plant body of algae is not differentiated into true root, stem and leaves. Vascular tissues are also absent. The body is simple and thalloid. This … Read more
Algae are a group of autotrophic, non-vascular thalloid plants with chlorophyll and without any formation of embryo. They are mostly photosynthetic in nature. The plant body may be unicellular, colonial or multicellular. Algae possess a simple plant body which is called thallus. The thallus is not differentiated into true root, stem and leaves. They also … Read more
Algae are a group of autotrophic, photosynthetic and non-vascular organisms. They may be unicellular or multicellular in nature. Some algae are microscopic like phytoplankton, while some are large multicellular forms like giant kelp. Algae contain chlorophyll and prepare their food by photosynthesis. During this process they release oxygen and form organic food materials. For this … Read more
Eyespot help in cell’s phototaxis, it senses the intensity and direction of light source and responds to it. In response, it helps the organism in swim towards the light (positive phototaxis), or away from it (negative phototaxis).
In this article, we will discuss some important characters of algae. Algae is a photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. They can be found everywhere such as soil, water, rocks, sands, etc. But most of them grow in the aquatic environment. Here is the some General Characters of Algae – Characters of Algae 1. Occurrence 2. Thallus organization … Read more
