9. DIATOMS OR GOLDEN
ALGAE(DESMIDS)
IN FRESHWATER AND IN MARINE
MICROSCOPIC
FLOAT PASSIVELY IN WATER
CURRENTS
MOST ARE PHOTOSYNTHETIC
10. DIATOMS HAVE CELLWALL WITH
2 OVERLAPPING SHELLS
WALLS ARE EMBEDDED WITH
SILICA SO THE WALLS ARE
INDESTRUCTABLE
DIATOMS ARE THE CHIEF
PRODUCERS IN OCEANS
11. DIATOMS HAVE LEFT BEHIND
LARGE AMOUNT OF CELLWALL
DEPOSITS IN THEIR HABITAT
THIS ACCUMULATION OVER
BILLIONS OF YEARS THIS IS KNOWN
AS DIATOMACEOUS EARTH.
12.
13.
14.
15. MARINE
PHOTOSYNTHETIC
YELLOW,GREEN,BROWN,BLUE
OR RED DEPENDING ON THE MAIN
PIGMENTS
MOST HAVE 2 FLAGELLA
16. CELL WALL – STIFF CELLULOSE
PLATES ON OUTER SURFACE
RED DINOFLAGELLATES –
UNDERGO RAPID MULTIPLICATION
– MAKE THE SEA APPEAR RED
(RED TIDES)
RELEASE TOXINS – KILL OTHER
MARINE ANIMALS
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18.
19.
20. MAJORITY FRESH WATER
PELLICLE PRESENT
HELPS FOR BODY FLEXIBILITY
2 FLAGELLA – SHORT AND LONG
21. PRESENCE OFSUNLIGHT –
PHOTOSYNTHETHIC
ABSENCE OF SUNLIGHT –
HETEROTROPHS
PIGMENTSARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE
IN HIGHER PLANTS
EUGLENA
22.
23.
24. SAPROPHYTIC PROTIST
BODY MOVES ALONG DECAYING TWIGS
AND LEAVES
ENGULF ORGANIC MATERIALS
FORM PLASMODIUM – AGGREGATION
(IN FAVOURABLE CONDITION)
25. UNFAVOURABLE CONDITION –
PLASMODIUM DIFFERENTIATES
FORMS FRUITING BODIES BEARING
SPORES AT THE TIP
SPORES – TRUE WALLS
EXTREMELY RESISTANT
DISPERSED BY AIR CURRENTS