Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- One of the four great classes of algæ containing most of those forms which are of a brown color. The vast majority of this class are marine.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thephylum Heterokontophyta .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
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Examples
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'' 'Phaeophyceae' '' can be found in [[marine]] environments.
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For example, Rhodophyta (red algae) store energy in the form of floridean starch, whereas the Phaeophyceae (brown algae) store their energy in the form of laminarin.
Phytoplankton 2008
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Seasonal changes in the levels of cytokinins in Sargassum heterophyllum (Phaeophyceae).
Chapter 7 1991
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All but four species of Phaeophyceae live in salt water
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Reproduction can happen in two ways with Phaeophyceae, it is either isogamous (where the gametes look alike), or anisogamous (with a large female egg, and small male sperm) depending on the species.
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Phaeophyceae has two kinds of genomes, one is the mitochondria of
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Phaeophyceae is a large class formed by 265 genera and includes more than 1700 species
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For example, the largest, fastest growing species in Phaeophyceae, macrocystis pyrifera, starts when spore producing sporophytes kind of the plant produce spores which are either female or male gametophytes.
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Phaeophyceae is a large class formed by 265 genera and includes more than 1700 species
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