1. cedric ibay 8 kyle mapalo 13 portia valenciano 28 ii-champaca
chrysophytes
cedric ibay 8
kyle mapalo 13
portia valenciano 28
ii-champaca

2. Chrysophyta “chrysophytes” chryso meaning or indicating
the color ‘gold’
phyta meaning plants
“Plant-like protists”
Eukaryotes
photosynthetic
Other characteristics
Can be unicellular
Can be filamentous
Can be colonial
phylum Chrysophyta
class Bacillariophyta
(diatoms)
class Chrysophyceae
(golden, or golden brown algae)
class Xanthophyceae
(Yellow-green algae)
Chrysochrumulina sp.

3. Structures Chloroplast Cell wall An organelle containing chlorophyll
The chlorophyll gives the bright yellow pigment
Cell wall
Is composed of
Pectin
Pectin + Cellulose
Sometimes with silicon

4. Habitat Freshwater that is low in calcium
Sometimes found in marine and estuarine environments as well
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5. Nutrition Chrysophytes are phototrophic. Different way of food storage
can become heterotrophic if unable to produce food
can eat diatoms
Different way of food storage
Instead of storing it as a starch, chrysophytes store the food as OIL. (polysaccharide laminarin)

6. Examples Anthophysa vegetans
- a freshwater species of golden-brown algae
- the first chrysophyte ever described
Vaucheria litorea
- an estuarine species of yellow-green algae
Cyclotella ocellata
-a cylindrical diatom
- diameter: 6-30 micrometers

7. Reproduction Capable of both Sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction
and
Asexual reproduction

8. Ecology Solitary Usually are producers May form thread-like colonies