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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Dinoflagellates, the reserve food is ____
A
Fucoxanthin
B
Starch
C
Alginic acid
D
Mannitol
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Solution: Several dinoflagellates, including all the heterotrophic species examined, lacked obvious pyrenoids. Most species had both starch and fat reserves. Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food reserves in dinoflagellates are typically unsaturated fatty acids, starch, or both in the same individual cell (Dodge, 1973). Not all dinoflagellates are photosynthetic, particularly large open water pelagic species belonging to the genera Protoperidinium and Gymnodinium which can be holozoic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most Dinophyceae store starch outside the chloroplast, often as a cap over a bulging pyrenoid. The major carbohydrate storage product of red algae is a type of starch molecule (Floridean starch) that is more highly branched than amylopectin. Floridean starch is stored as grains outside the chloroplast.

Detailed explanation-4: -Final Answer: The reserve food material in fungi is Glycogen or oil globules.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Reserve Food Material Of Algae is starch. Algae reserves starch, laminarin, mannitols, and Floridian starch as its food material, Reserve food material is the food that is used when there is a scarcity of food and this reserve food is then used to synthesize energy in the algal cells.

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