Phycoerythrin is the major pigment in:

Phycoerythrin is the major pigment in:
  1. Red algae
  2. Blue green algae
  3. Green algae
  4. Brown algae

Solution

Class

Common name

Major pigment

Chlorophyceae

Green algae

Chlorophyll a, Chlorophyll b

Phaeophyceae

Brown algae

Chlorophyll a, Chlorophyll c, Fucoxanthin

Rhodophyceae

Red algae

Chlorophyll a, Chlorophyll d, phycoerythrin, phycocyanin

Asked in: NEET 2020 (Phase 2)

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