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Almost all unicellular eukaryotes are isogamous. [11] Among multicellular organisms, isogamy is restricted to fungi and eukaryotic algae. [12] Many species of green algae are isogamous. It is typical in the genera Ulva, Hydrodictyon, Tetraspora, Zygnema, Spirogyra, Ulothrix, and Chlamydomonas.
The green algae (sg.: ... (C. psl) complex is a unicellular, isogamous charophycean alga group that is the closest unicellular relative to land plants. ...
The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. [2] They are usually green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The chloroplast may be discoid, plate-like, reticulate, cup-shaped, spiral- or ribbon-shaped in different species.
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a single-cell green alga about 10 micrometres in diameter that swims with two flagella.It has a cell wall made of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins, a large cup-shaped chloroplast, a large pyrenoid, and an eyespot apparatus that senses light.
Chlamydomonas (/ ˌ k l æ m ɪ ˈ d ɒ m ə n ə s,-d ə ˈ m oʊ-/ KLAM-ih-DOM-ə-nəs, -də-MOH-) is a genus of green algae consisting of about 150 species [2] of unicellular flagellates, found in stagnant water and on damp soil, in freshwater, seawater, and even in snow as "snow algae". [3]
The sperm cells and the egg cells will fuse, making a zygote. In most multicellular green algae, the sperm cells are small and motile, and the egg cells are large and immotile. However, in simple multicellular or unicellular algae, germ cells are typically isogamous, which means the germ cells from both parents are the same size.
Sexual reproduction is simple and isogamous (the male and female gametes are outwardly indistinguishable). [17] The Charales (Charophyceae), or stoneworts, are freshwater and brackish algae with slender green or grey stems; the grey colour of many species results from the deposition of lime on the walls, masking the green colour of the ...
Mougeotia is a genus of filamentous charophyte green algae of the order Zygnematales. It is a common component of freshwater aquatic habitats around the world. [2] Described in 1824 by Carl Adolph Agardh, [1] its name honors the French botanist Jean-Baptiste Mougeot. [3]