brown algae

collocation in English

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brown
adjective
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/braʊn/us
/braʊn/
having the colour of chocolate ...
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algae
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈæl.ɡiː/us
/ˈæl.dʒiː/
very simple, usually small plants that grow in or near water and do not have ordinary leaves ...
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(Definition ofbrownandalgaefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may be the stem-like part of the thallus of a mushroom or a seaweed, and is particularly common amongbrownalgaesuch as kelp.
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It is found as an accessory pigment in the chloroplasts ofbrownalgaeand most other heterokonts, giving them a brown or olive-green color.
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This does not mean thatbrownalgaecompletely lack specialized structures.
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These are specialized heterokont algae, related to golden algae, diatoms,brownalgae, and the like, which have microtubule-supported tentacles.
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These are thebrownalgae, some of which may reach 50 m in length (kelps) the red algae, and the green algae.
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Mostbrownalgaecontain the pigment fucoxanthin, which is responsible for the distinctive greenish-brown color that gives them their name.
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Aside from filamentous forms, there are two main types of tissue organization in thebrownalgae: pseudoparenchymatous (haplostichous) and parenchymatous (polystichous).
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The closest relatives of thebrownalgaeinclude unicellular and filamentous species, but no unicellular species ofbrownalgaeare known.
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Worldwide there are about 15002000 species ofbrownalgae.
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A cladistic classification based on modern insights supports a relatively close relationship with photosynthetic organisms such asbrownalgaeand diatoms, within the heterokonts.
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The adults are herbivorous and feed with their rhipidoglossan radula on macroalgae, preferring red orbrownalgae.
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Its diet consists mostly of polychaete worms, brittle stars, andbrownalgae.
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However, complex multicellular organisms evolved only in six eukaryotic groups: animals, fungi,brownalgae, red algae, green algae, and plants.
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It is also produced by organisms that are not plants such asbrownalgaeor bacteria.
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Plants exclude the red andbrownalgae, the fungi, archaea and bacteria.
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This genus contains the largest of all the phaeophyceae orbrownalgae.
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The phlorotannins can be seen this way in physodes inbrownalgae.
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These include phycobilins, which are the red and blue pigments of red and blue algae respectively, and fucoxanthol forbrownalgaeand diatoms.
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Other groups ofbrownalgaegrow to much larger sizes.
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Although not allbrownalgaeare structurally complex, those that are typically possess one or more characteristic parts.
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