Glaucophyta (Survey)

• Basic characteristics of Glaucophyta

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• Muroplast - photosynthetic material in Glaucophytes (chloroplast counterpart)
• Only Asexual reproduction is observed in the phylum Glaucophyta
• Glaucophyta is the only phylum with a mother cell wall
• Zoospores - motile cells produced via asexual reproduction
• Cyanophora - only genera that doesn't have a cell wall
• Autospores - non-motile cells produced via asexual reproduction
• Glaucocystis - only genera that has a mother cell wall
• Gloeochaete - only genera that has setae