Micrasterias
Micrasterias is a unicellular green alga of the order Desmidiales. Its species vary in size reaching up to hundreds of microns. Micrasterias displays a bilateral symmetry, with two mirror image semi-cells joined by a narrow isthmus containing the nucleus of the organism. This dual semi-cell structure is unique to the group of green algae to which Micrasterias belongs. Each semi-cell contains a single large chloroplast, the site of photosynthesis for Micrasterias. Chloroplasts within Micrasterias contain chlorophylls A and B and the enzymes required for photosynthesis. The sugar created is used to provide energy for the organism or, if not used, taken up by many small round pyrenoids which are embedded in the chloroplast. They convert the sugar to a starch for storage.
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Micrasterias
Micrasterias is a unicellular green alga of the order Desmidiales. Its species vary in size reaching up to hundreds of microns. Micrasterias displays a bilateral symmetry, with two mirror image semi-cells joined by a narrow isthmus containing the nucleus of the organism. This dual semi-cell structure is unique to the group of green algae to which Micrasterias belongs. Each semi-cell contains a single large chloroplast, the site of photosynthesis for Micrasterias. Chloroplasts within Micrasterias contain chlorophylls A and B and the enzymes required for photosynthesis. The sugar created is used to provide energy for the organism or, if not used, taken up by many small round pyrenoids which are embedded in the chloroplast. They convert the sugar to a starch for storage.
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Micrasterias is a unicellular ...... oduce new haploid algal cells.
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Micrasterias ist eine ausschli ...... r Alge des Jahres 2008 gekürt.
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النجيمية (الاسم العلمي:Micrast ...... الدسميدية من رتبة الدسميديات .
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C.Agardh ex Ralfs
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Micrasterias furcata
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Micrasterias crux-melitensis
Micrasterias fimbriata
Micrasterias rotata
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Micrasterias is a unicellular ...... sugar to a starch for storage.
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Micrasterias ist eine ausschli ...... r Alge des Jahres 2008 gekürt.
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النجيمية (الاسم العلمي:Micrast ...... الدسميدية من رتبة الدسميديات .
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Micrasterias
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نجيمية
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