The cell has a yellow-green, C-shaped chloroplast that wraps around the middle. During a bloom when there are billions of cells, these chloroplasts often lend a yellow or gold tint to the water. This tint has given this alga its common name. Golden alga is part of the plankton community that forms the base of the food chain in aquatic environments.
Single-celled algae are among the phytoplankton microscopic plants , which are eaten by zooplankton microscopic animals.
Zooplankton are eaten in turn by aquatic insects and small fish, which provide food for bigger fish. It sounds simple, but in reality the food chain is more like a web, with complex interactions at the low end.
Different species of plankton compete for food and often eat each other. As a plant containing chlorophyll, golden alga can make its own food using sunlight and inorganic nutrients found in the water. However, it's also capable of preying on other organisms.
Under certain kinds of stress, golden alga cells release at chemical compounds that combine with minerals in the water to make toxins. These toxins appear to serve several purposes:. These survival characteristics appear to provide golden alga with the ability to out-compete other organisms and form high-density blooms that can significantly disrupt aquatic ecosystems.
Golden alga toxins attack cells, allowing excess water and waterborne chemicals inside. Some organisms have protective layers to prevent this, but the exposed cells on fish gills and fins are not so protected. Toxins attack the outside layer of cells, then the next layer is affected, and so on. A large number of them have been flagellated. Some of them, like Chromulina sp. Others, such as Ochromonas sp. Although most chrysophytes are flagellated, some, such as Chrysaccus sp. There are also amoeboid members of this class, such as Chrysamoeba sp.
Golden algae which belongs to class Chrysophyceae , also known as golden-brown algae, is a class of approximately 33 genera and 1, species of algae division Chromophyta found in both marine and fresh waters. The group's form is fairly diverse, and its taxonomy is debatable. The majority of golden algae are single-celled biflagellates with two distinct flagella. They are distinguished by the presence of the pigment fucoxanthin and the use of oil droplets as a food reserve.
Many are encased in a silica cyst which is known as a statocyst or also known as the statospore, the ornamentation of which can be used to differentiate between species. Sexual reproduction is uncommon.
Asexual reproduction is accomplished through the formation of motile and nonmotile spores as well as cell division. Chrysophytes are members of the Chrysophyceae class. According to Pasher's classification system, the Phylum Chrysophyta consists of the chrysophyceae or chrysophytes, xanthophytes Xanthophyceae , and diatoms Bacillariophyceae.
Chrysophyceae, as a phylum, is made up of the following orders: Chromulinales, Chrysosphaerales, Hibberdiales, Hydrurales, Phaeothamnales, and yet-to-be-classified Chrysophyceae genera. However, it should be noted that the taxonomic classification of organisms is bound to change as more studies of the species lead to a newer system of classification, such as that in The NCBI taxonomy database. Class Chrysophyceae is comprised of the following taxonomic orders which are listed below:.
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They are microscopic ca. Summary of Invasiveness Top of page P. Notes on Taxonomy and Nomenclature Top of page In the older literature there are reports of both Prymnesium parvum and Prymnesium patelliferum. Description Top of page P. Plant Type Top of page Microalgae. Distribution Top of page P. Distribution Table Top of page The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available.
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