Seaweed Introduction/ Types and its Biotechnological Applications
- 1. V I V E K A N A N D A A R T S A N D S C I E N C E C O L L E G E F O R W O M E N , S A N K A R I DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY SEA WEED Presented by, Suganya .c II MSc Microbiology VIAAS
- 2. CONTENT: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SEAWEED GENERA 3. STRUCTURE 4. TYPES 5. ECOLOGY OF SEAWEED 6. LIFE CYCLE OF SEAWEED 7. APLLICATION OF SEAWEED
- 3. INTRODUCTION Seaweeds are a marine algae. Seaweeds are a multicellular. Seaweeds are a group of the phoyosynthetic , non flowering plant – organisms. The seaweeds called as the macroalgae. They are grown in the under the ocean. That seaweeds live in the sea.
- 4. SEAWEED GENERA • Cauleria • Fucus • Gracilaria • Laminaria • Macrocystis • Monostroma • Porpyra
- 5. STRUCTURE Seaweeds ,especially the brown algae. They are generally made up of three distinctly recognisable parts . At the bottom there is a root like structure ,the holdfast ,which as the name implies secure the organism to its habit. It is usually joined by a stipe to the leaf like blades. The stipe and blade are collectively known as the frond .
- 7. TYPES OF SEAWEEDS The seaweeds can be divided in to three major groups ,based on their dominant pigmentation 1.Red algae (Rhodophyta) 2.Brown algae (Phaeophyta) 3.green algae (Chlorophyta)
- 8. Green algae Brown algae
- 9. Red algae
- 10. ECOLOGY OF SEAWEEDS The ecology of seaweed is the dominated by two specific environmental requriments They are two requriments , 1.Presence of seawater 2. presence of light sufficient to drive photosynthesis
- 11. LIFE CYCLE OF SEAWEEDS Seaweeds is a plant ,but does not reproduce . Seaweed life cycles comprise several multicellular phase ,including vegetative and fertile sporophytes and vegetative and fertile gametophytes . Seaweed is more like a ferm that reproduces by means of spores
- 12. LIFE CYCLE
- 13. APPLICATIONS OF SEAWEEDS Seaweeds as food –edible seaweeds and sea vegtables. Seaweeds as the beauty enhancer. Seaweeds for controlling heart disease and stroke. Antimicrobial and antifungal activity of seaweed. Anti –Inflamatory properties of seaweeds. Seaweeds as the anti-cancer agents. Seaweeds as the potential resource of against pgpr and agriculture field in plant disease .
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