Green Algae
Laurencia (Red Algae)
Spirogyra
SCIENCE FORM 5
MICROORGANISMS & THEIR EFFECTS
ON LIVING THINGS
CHAPTER 1
By: Fiona Filda F. Bungkilan
E-mail : fayfiona@gmail.com
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ALGAE

CHARACTERISTICS
 -Simple aquatic plant
-No proper roots, stems, leaves or vascular system
-contains chlorophyll
SIZE
 1 - 10000 micrometres
METHOD OF REPRODUCTION
Asexually through binary fission or Sexually by conjugation
NUTRITION
 Photosynthesis (most algae have pigments which use the wavelength that penetrate water)
HABITAT
 Freshwater and marine (saltwater), soil, bark of trees
EXAMPLE
 chlamydomonas (unicellular), spirogyra