Across
- 5. The stealing of chloroplasts by sea slugs. The word is derived from “Kleptes” which is Greek for “thief”
- 7. In cyanobacteria and red algae, a hemispherical or discoidal structure on the surfaces of thylakoids that contains the pigment structures.
- 9. The order of green algae that is siphonous and multinucleate; contains genera such as Bryopsis
- 10. A proteinaceous region in the plastids of many types of algae; known in some cases to contain RUBISCO and commonly associated with formation of storage compounds; the number per cell may be used to differentiate Ulva species.
- 11. An alternation of sporic generations with distinctive gametophyte and sporophyte phases
- 15. The genus of dark-green, spiral-shaped cyanobacteria that contains phycocyanin and is used as a supplement because of its supposed health benefits.
- 17. A flagellate spore
- 18. The cell surface features of dinoflagellates that include the external cell membrane, alveoli, and thecal plates inside the alveoli (if it’s “armored”)
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- 1. Unicellular golden-pigmented cells (usually dinoflagellates) that are endosymbiotic in marine animals, including reef-building corals; probably the most common alga on tropical coral reefs.
- 2. A pigment that gives a golden-brown or brown pigmentation to diatoms, brown algae, and some other photosynthetic stramenopiles.
- 3. The most abundant benthic microalgal group in Charleston estuaries that serve as a food source, stabilize sediments, and are important for biogeochemical cycling
- 4. An elongate slit in one or both valves of many diatoms that allows for rapid movement
- 6. A compound that absorbs UV radiation and is yellow-brown in color in cyanobacteria
- 8. Red algae experienced an “evolutionary___________” – an event in which the population of red algae and their genomes shrank drastically.
- 12. The process by which one organism becomes stably resident within the cell or body of another, known as the host, to form a chimera; this theory explains the evolutionary origin of algal plastids
- 13. A blade composed of true tissue, such as Ulva
- 14. A cell produced by diatoms that undergoes enlargement, compensating for the reduction in size that often occurs during population growth; commonly also the zygote of diatoms.
- 16. A gelatinous polysaccharide extracted from the walls of various red algae that is used as a gelling agent and for microbial plates; the highest quality of this product is from Gelidium.
- 19. One of the major diatom frustule types; exhibits bilateral symmetry of valve ornamentation.
- 20. A condition whereby a species becomes excessively abundant, usually causing ecological or economic harm