Question

The reserve food in Rhodophyceae is:

• A. Starch
• B. Floridean starch
• C. Mannitol
• D. Laminarin

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Floridean starch

• Food reserve in rhodophyceae is Floridean starch.

• The IUPAC name for Floridean starch is α - 1 , 4 - glucan.

• Floridean starch is a polysaccharide made of glucose units.

• Floridean starch is stored in rhodophyceae in the form of grains in the cystole outside the chloroplast.