Question

Auxospores and hormogonia are formed,respectively by what?

Answer 1

Solution :

The bacillariophycean members (diatoms) form about 20% of all primary productions. These are microscopic, eukaryotic, unicellular or colonial coccoid algae. These algae are sexually reproduced by the formation of auxospores in most cases. Bozi (1914) and Fremi (1930) reported that short setions of living cells at the tips of the trichomes of Wertiella lanosa become 2 invested by a thick, lamellated, pigmented sheath. Such multicellular spore like structures function as perennating bodies They are specially modified hormogones and 2 are called hormospores or hormocysts Desikachary (1948) calls (hen pseudohormogonia.