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“The life of the planet began the long, slow process of

modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet.
The oxygen in today’s atmosphere is almost entirely the result of
photosynthetic living, which had its start with the appearance of
blue-green algae among the microorganisms”

Lewis Thomas, 1984

What are algae?

Algae is a group of
chlorophyll containing
thalloid plants which bear
unicellular or multicellular
sex organs and the sex
organs are NOT
protected in the sterile
jacket cells. An
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Ø Thalloid plant body

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Ø In Eichler’s system of classification, algae are placed in the
Division Thallophyta along with Fungi and Lichens.

Ø Algae are autotrophs (synthesize food using light energy)

Ø Algae differ from fungi in:

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Ø Embryos is not formed after zygote formation

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rocks, with in plants or animals)
Haplodiplontic,
Ø Aquatic forms are most common Haplobiontic and Haplo-
diplobiontic Life Cycles)
Ø On the basis of habitat, algae are classified into three
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1. Aquatic forms

2. Terrestrial forms

3. Algae of unusual habitats

(1). Aquatic algae:

Ø Two types: Fresh water

and marine forms

(a). Fresh water forms:

Occurs in ponds, lakes,
river etc. (Spirogyra)
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(b). Marine water
forms: Occurs in saline
condition such as seas and
oceans (Most of the Red
and Brown algae such as Polysiphonia and Sargassum)

(2). Terrestrial Algae:

Ø Found in/on soil, rocks, moist wall, tree trunks etc.

Ø Example: Vaucheria and Fritschiella found on the surface

of soil

(3). Algae of unusual

habitat:

Halophytic algae:
algae present in highly
saline water (Example:
Dunaliella)

Epiphytic algae: algae

grown on the surface of

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Ø Thallus may be unicellular to multicellular and

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pyrifera, a marine
brown algae, is
multicellular,
parenchymatous and
several meters long.

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