JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2011

  • question_answer
    Red snow formation is associated with

    A)  Chlamydomonas nivalis

    B)  Chlamydomonas longistigma

    C)  Chlamydomonas coccifera

    D)  Chlamydomona ooganus

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Chlamydomonas nivalis grows in snow covered soils of Arctic region. It produces thick-waited hypnospores   in   which   red   pigment, haematochrome is synthesized. Thus, its hypnospores impart red colour to snow and this phenomenon is called red snow formation.


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