algae

Protozoa

...e kingdom Protista together with the plant-like algae . In some newer schemes, however, most algae are classified in the kingdoms Plantae and Chromista , and in such cases the remaining forms may ...

Protist

...m spores e.g. Plasmodium The plant-like algae produce energy through photosynthesis . They in...uly multicellular. Of these, the green and red algae appear to be close relatives of other plants, and so may be included among the Plantae, but the br...

Protist

...m spores e.g. Plasmodium The plant-like algae produce energy through photosynthesis . They in...uly multicellular. Of these, the green and red algae appear to be close relatives of other plants, and so may be included among the Plantae, but the br...

Primary nutritional groups

... one nutritional mode. For example, there are some algae that live photolithoautotrophically in the light, but shift to chemoorganoheterotophic life in the dark, and even higher plants retained their ability to respire heterotrophically on the starch at night, which has been synthesised phototrophically du...

Plant

Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascula...ted groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms. However, these are still often considered plants in many contexts. In...

Plant

Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascula...ted groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms. However, these are still often considered plants in many contexts. In...

Alga

The algae (singular is alga ) comprise several different g...acquired photosynthesis from cyanobacteria . All algae lack true leaves , roots , flowers , and other tissue structures found in higher plants. They are...

Photosynthesis

...is is a biochemical process in which plants , algae , and some bacteria harness the energy of light ...1 Photosynthesis in plants 2 Photosynthesis in algae and bacteria 3 At the molecular level 4 Discovery 5 Factors affecting photosynthesis ...

Actin

...fering by no more than 5% in species as diverse as algae and humans. Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Microfilaments assembly 2 Organization 2.1 Bundles 2.1.1 Muscular Contraction 2.2 Networks Microfilaments assembly The globular Actin is known as G-actin, wh...

Marine biology

...lled blue-green algae/bacteria), various types of algae : red, green, brown, and yellow-green, diatoms, di...lants on land is actually occupied by macroscopic algae in the ocean, such as Sargassum and kelp .The plants that do survive in the sea are often found ...

Lichen

...s made up by the association of microscopic green algae or cyanobacteria and filamentous fungi . Lichens take the external shape of the fungal partner and hence are named based on the fungus. The fungus most commonly forms the majority of the lichen's bulk, though in filamentous and gelatinous lichen...

Photosynthesis

...is is a biochemical process in which plants , algae , and some bacteria harness the energy of light ...1 Photosynthesis in plants 2 Photosynthesis in algae and bacteria 3 At the molecular level 4 Discovery 5 Factors affecting photosynthesis ...

Ploidy

...y of each chromosome . Most fungi , and a few algae exist as haploid organisms, male bees, wasps and ...d interchangably with haploid. Plants and other algae switch between a haploid and a diploid or polyploid state, with one of the stages emphasized over ...

Granum

...st , an organelle found in plants and eukaryotic algae where photosynthesis takes place. Chloroplasts can have from 10 to 100 grana....

Genetic code

...for Glutamine (a variant also found in some green algae ), or UGA codes for Cysteine. Another variant is found in some species of the yeast candida , where CUG codes for Serine. In some species of bacteria and archaea , a few non-standard amino acids are substituted for standard stop codons; UGA c...

Fungus

...alled the heterokonts , together with the golden algae , diatoms , brown algae and allies. The chytrids were also formerly excluded from the fungi due to the presence of flagell...

Evolutionary tree

...lants" Kingdom Plantae - green plants Red algae Glaucophytes Heterokonts Alveolates Ciliates Apicomplexa Dinoflagellates Ellobiopsids Stephanopogon Apusomonads Kathablepharids Pseudodendromonads Spironemids Copromyxids Vampyrellids Dimorph...

Eukaryote

...es and mitosomes . Plants and various groups of algae also have plastids . Again, these have their ow...e sensu lato Land plants , green and red algae Chromista Brown algae , diatoms , water moulds , etc. Alveolates Ciliates , ...

Bacterium

... cyanobacteria , which were considered a group of algae (called Cyanophyta or blue-green algae ). It was only with the study of detailed cell structure that it was realized they formed a fundame...

Endosymbiotic theory

...h a process similar to binary fission . In some algae , such as Euglena , the chloroplasts can be destroyed by certain chemicals or prolonged absence of light without otherwise affecting the cell. In such a case, the chloroplasts will not regenerate. Much of the internal structure and biochemistry...

Ploidy

...y of each chromosome . Most fungi , and a few algae exist as haploid organisms, male bees, wasps and ...d interchangably with haploid. Plants and other algae switch between a haploid and a diploid or polyploid state, with one of the stages emphasized over ...

Genetic code

...for Glutamine (a variant also found in some green algae ), or UGA codes for Cysteine. Another variant is found in some species of the yeast candida , where CUG codes for Serine. In some species of bacteria and archaea , a few non-standard amino acids are substituted for standard stop codons; UGA c...

Chloroplast

...nelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae which conduct photosynthesis . Chloroplasts are similar to mitochondria but are found only in plants. Both organelles are surrounded by a double membrane with an intermembrane space; both have their own DNA and are involved in energy metabolism;...

Chlorophyll

...green photosynthetic pigment found in plants , algae , and cyanobacteria . The first step in photosyn...ence Universal Mostly in land plants Various algae Various algae Some red algae Common structure of chlorophyll a , b and d ...

Centrosome

...on . In animal cells, as well as those of certain algae and fungi, the centrosome is located close to the nucleus, and consists of a pair of centrioles arranged perpenidcularly to each other (in this case, they are known as diplosomes). During the prophase of mitosis , the centrosomes migrate to o...

Centriole

...n most animal cells , and cells of fungi and algae though not frequently in plants . The walls of ...ghtly inwards. In animal cells as well as certain algae and fungi, there exists a pair of centrioles arranged perpendicularly to each other; these are known...

Botany

...a and viruses (studied in microbiology ); and algae (studied in phycology ). Most algae, fungi, and ...ven to them by botanists; and bacteria, fungi, and algae are usually covered, somewhat superficially, in introductory botany courses. So why study plants ...

Bacterium

... cyanobacteria , which were considered a group of algae (called Cyanophyta or blue-green algae ). It was only with the study of detailed cell structure that it was realized they formed a fundame...

Alga

The algae (singular is alga ) comprise several different g...acquired photosynthesis from cyanobacteria . All algae lack true leaves , roots , flowers , and other tissue structures found in higher plants. They are...

Actin

...fering by no more than 5% in species as diverse as algae and humans. Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Microfilaments assembly 2 Organization 2.1 Bundles 2.1.1 Muscular Contraction 2.2 Networks Microfilaments assembly The globular Actin is known as G-actin, wh...