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PIGMENT COMPOSITION OF THE SCALY GREEN FLAGELLATE MESOSTIGMA VIRIDE (MICROMONADOPHYCEAE) IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE SIPHONOUS GREEN ALGA BRYOPIS PLUMOSA (ULVOPHYCEAE) 1
Author(s) -
Fawley Marvin W.,
Lee Connie M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1990.00666.x
Subject(s) - neoxanthin , flagellate , biology , xanthophyll , violaxanthin , botany , zeaxanthin , ulvophyceae , lutein , algae , chlorophyta , carotenoid
Pigments were isolated from Mesostigma viride Lauterborn by reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography and compared to standards from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dang. and Bryopsis plumose (Huds.) Ag. M. viride possesses chlorophylls a and b , α and β‐carotenes, and the xanthophylls siphonaxanthis, siphonein, neoxanthin, violaxanthin and echinenone. In addition, three unidentified xanthophylla were detected. Neither lutein nor zeaxanthin were detected. The pigment composition of M. viride was similar to that of B. plumosa which had chlorophylls a and b, ɛ‐ and α‐carotenes, siphonaxanthin, siphonein, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, and two of the unidentified xanthophylls found in M. viride. The similarities in the pigments of Mesostigma and Bryopsis and other characters suggest that Mesostigma may be related to a flagellate ancestor of the Ulvophyceae.