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Algae
TABLE 1.4
Main Pigments, Storage Products, and Cell Coverings of the Algal Divisions
Phylum
Pigments (See Figures 3.5–3.9)
Storage Products
Chlorophylls
Phycobilins
Main Carotenoids
Main Xantophylls
Cyanobacteria
a, b
C-phycoerythrin
β-carotene
Myxoxanthin
Cyanophycin (arginine and aspartic acid)
C-phycocyanin
Zeaxanthin
Cyanophycean starch (α-1,4-glucan)
Allophycocyanin
Glaucophyta
a
Phycoerythrocyanin
β-carotene
Zeaxanthin
Starch (α-1,4-glucan)
C-phycocyanin
Allophycocyanin
Rhodophyta
a
B-phycoerythrin
α- and
β-carotene
Lutein
Floridean starch (α-1,4-glucan)
R-phycoerythrin
R-phycocyanin
Allophycocyanin
Chlorophyta
a, b
Absent
α-, β-, and
γ-carotene
Lutein
Starch (α-1,4-glucan)
Prasinoxanthin
Charophyta
a, b
Absent
α-, β-, and
γ-carotene
Lutein
Starch (α-1,4-glucan)
Prasinoxanthin
Haptophyta
a, c
1 , c
2
Absent
α- and
β-carotene
Fucoxanthin
Chrysolaminaran (β-1,3-glucan)
Cryptophyta
a, c
2
B-phycoerytrin (545)
α-, β-, and
ε-carotene
Alloxanthin
Starch (α-1,4-glucan)
R-phycocyanin
Allophycocyanin
Ochrophyta
a, c
1 , c
2 , c
3
Absent
α-, β-, and
ε-carotene
Fucoxanthin, violaxanthin
Chrysolaminaran (β-1,3-glucan)
Cercozoa (Chlorarachniophyceae)
a, b
Absent
Absent
Lutein, neoxanthin, violaxanthin
Paramylon (β-1,3-glucan)
Myzozoa (Dynophyceae)
a, c
1 , c
2
Absent
β-carotene
Peridinin
Starch (α-1,4-glucan)
Fucoxanthin
Diadinoxanthin
Dinoxanthin
Gyroxanthin
Euglenozoa (Euglenophyceae)
a, b
Absent
β- and
γ-carotene
Diadinoxanthin
Paramylon (β-1,3-glucan)