Algae

Unit I: Algae 15 Lectures
Characteristic features, range of thallus organization, cell structure and components, pigment
system, reserve food materials, reproduction and classification proposed by Fritsch and Lee.
Thallus structures, reproduction and life cycle of Cyanophyta (Nostoc, Oscillatoria,
Spirulina); Chlorophyta (Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Oedogonium, Coleochaete); Charophyta
(Chara); Xanthophyta (Vaucheria); Phaeophyta (Ectocarpus); Rhodophyta (Polysiphonia)
and the economic importance of Algae