Is algae a fungi or micro-organism?

Question

Note: Algae is so not a plant.

Answer 1

Algae are classified in the plant kingdom, as they have chlorophyll, and photosynthesis to fuel their food needs and are eukaryotic (have true nuclei). They have the ability to attach to surfaces.

It is easiest to see their anatomy through a microscope, so I guess that would qualify as a micro-organism. Bacteria, which I guess you are referring to as micro-organisms have no true nuclei (they are prokaryotes), do not have chlorophyll.

Fungi have no chlorophyll but have mycelia or hyphae and they absorb food that may have been prepared by their enzymes, but they do not have photosynthesis. Some fungi are small enough to be viewed best through a microscope, and would, therefore, also be under the broad term micro-organisms.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Microorganisms.

Algae are phototrophic microorganisms, meaning that they depend on light to thrive, and generally they live in water. They can be unicellular or multicellular and by the Whittaker Classification scheme they fall into two kingdoms - Protist and Bacteria.

Algae range from single-celled organisms to multi-cellular organisms, some with fairly complex differentiated form and (if marine) called seaweeds.

A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is microscopic (too small to be visible to the naked eye). Microorganisms are often described as single-celled, or unicellular organisms; however, some unicellular protists are visible to the naked eye, and some multicellular species are microscopic.

Answer 3

well, a fungi means a plant without chlorophyll(a substance which helps to make food, it is green in color)
fungi r usually white
micro organisms are those living things which are too small to see.
algae are those green plants (that means plants who can make their own food by photosynthesis, that is by using light)

their body is not differentiated (divided) into proper roots stem and leaves, that is they have a thalloid(bag like) body.
However, they can have one cell as well as they can be giant like a kelp plant.
So, algae can be a micro organism but certainly not a fungus(fungi) because fungi depend on other living things for nutrition, whereas algae feed themselves on their own.

Answer 4

Algae (singular alga) encompass several different groups of usually relatively simple living organisms that capture light energy through photosynthesis, converting inorganic substances into simple sugars using the captured energy. Algae have been traditionally regarded as simple plants, and indeed some are closely related to the higher plants. Others appear to represent different protist groups, alongside other organisms that are traditionally considered more animal-like (that is, protozoa). Thus algae do not represent a single evolutionary direction or line, but a level of organization that may have developed several times in the early history of life on earth.

Algae range from single-celled organisms to multi-cellular organisms, some with fairly complex differentiated form and (if marine) called seaweeds. All lack leaves, roots, flowers, and other organ structures that characterize higher plants. They are distinguished from other protozoa in that they are photoautotrophic, although this is not a hard and fast distinction as some groups contain members that are mixotrophic, deriving energy both from photosynthesis and uptake of organic carbon either by osmotrophy, myzotrophy, or phagotrophy. Some unicellular species rely entirely on external energy sources and have reduced or lost their photosynthetic apparatus.

All algae have photosynthetic machinery ultimately derived from the cyanobacteria, and so produce oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis, unlike non-cyanobacterial photosynthetic bacteria. It is estimated that algae produce about 73 to 87 percent of the net global production of oxygen which is available to humans and other terrestrial animals for respiration.

Algae are usually found in damp places or bodies of water and thus are common in terrestrial as well as aquatic environments. However, terrestrial algae are usually rather inconspicuous and far more common in moist, tropical regions than dry ones, because algae lack vascular tissues and other adaptations to live on land. Algae can endure dryness and other conditions in symbiosis with a fungus as lichen.

The various sorts of algae play significant roles in aquatic ecology. Microscopic forms that live suspended in the water column — called phytoplankton — provide the food base for most marine food chains. In very high densities (so-called algal blooms) these algae may discolor the water and outcompete or poison other life forms. Seaweeds grow mostly in shallow marine waters. Some are used as human food or harvested for useful substances such as agar or fertilizer. The study of marine algae is called phycology or algology.

Answer 5

a million) plant life are autotrophic, multicellular, have inflexible cellular partitions that incorporate cellulose. 2) Animals heterotrophic, multicellular, lack cellular partitions 3) Fungi are heterotrophic, multicellular or unicellular, have cellular partitions made up of chitin 4) Micro-organisms (Kingdom Protista) are unicellular, paraphyletic, may be the two plant-like, animal-like, or fungi-like...

Answer 6

algae is a plant.

Answer 7

Microorganism. Fungi is another type of microorganism.