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Animal Kingdom

Question
CBSEENBI11003422

The red colour of 'red sea' is due to which of the following blue-green algae?

  • Chlamydomonas nivalis

  • Anabaena

  • Microcystis

  • Trichodesmium

Solution

D.

Trichodesmium

Trichodesmium is a diazotroph, ie, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium, a nutrient used by other organisms.

Red Sea looks reddish because of the presence of cyanobacteria Trichodesmium erythraeum which turns the normaly blue- green water a reddish- brown water.