Brown algae and diatoms are photosynthetic heterokonts. They both have a diplontic life cycle during some stage of which a cell will have heterokont flagella. They have 4-membraned chloroplasts that c...Brown algae and diatoms are photosynthetic heterokonts. They both have a diplontic life cycle during some stage of which a cell will have heterokont flagella. They have 4-membraned chloroplasts that contain the pigments chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c, and fucoxanthin. This latter pigment gives the chloroplasts in these groups a golden color. This is about where the similarities end. They have different morphologies, habitats, cell wall composition, and storage carbohydrates.
Brown algae and diatoms are photosynthetic heterokonts. They both have a diplontic life cycle during some stage of which a cell will have heterokont flagella. They have 4-membraned chloroplasts that c...Brown algae and diatoms are photosynthetic heterokonts. They both have a diplontic life cycle during some stage of which a cell will have heterokont flagella. They have 4-membraned chloroplasts that contain the pigments chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c, and fucoxanthin. This latter pigment gives the chloroplasts in these groups a golden color. This is about where the similarities end. They have different morphologies, habitats, cell wall composition, and storage carbohydrates.
