1 Spirogyra This is a member of the Chlorophyta or Green
Last updated: 1/10/2024
1 Spirogyra This is a member of the Chlorophyta or Green Algae They are capable of photosynthesis thanks to organelles they contain called chloroplasts Spyrogyra cells attach to each other to form chains In some of the chains in this slide you can see the cell nuclei are large and visible because the cells are preparing to reproduce In other chains look for a thin spiral structure winding through each cell On the spiral are arranged little green balls kind of like a strand of lights The chloroplasts are the tiny spheres All eukaryotes that are capable of photosynthesis do so with chloroplasts but not necessarily arranged on a spiral How much smaller very roughly are the chloroplasts compared to the eukaryote cell in which they reside