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Red algae (Rhodophyta) in freshwater ecosystems
Štifterová, Anna ; Neustupa, Jiří (advisor) ; Škaloud, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on an interesting group freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta). This group comprises organisms from quite distant evolutionary clades, nevertheless sharing similar ecological requirements. They mostly occur in unpolluted lotic ecosystems. In the theoretical part, I summarized publications dealing with the general and ecological aspects of distribution of these algae (mainly of the genus Batrachospermum). For example, the issue of seasonal populational dynamics, or their role in succession of benthic algal communities. The practical part includes floristic data on findings of various species of freshwater red algae, predominantly from the Czech Republic. Furhermore, it includes observation on seasonality of a single population of Batrachospermum gelatinosum.
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Red algae (Rhodophyta) in freshwater ecosystems
Štifterová, Anna ; Škaloud, Pavel (referee) ; Neustupa, Jiří (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is focused on an interesting group freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta). This group comprises organisms from quite distant evolutionary clades, nevertheless sharing similar ecological requirements. They mostly occur in unpolluted lotic ecosystems. In the theoretical part, I summarized publications dealing with the general and ecological aspects of distribution of these algae (mainly of the genus Batrachospermum). For example, the issue of seasonal populational dynamics, or their role in succession of benthic algal communities. The practical part includes floristic data on findings of various species of freshwater red algae, predominantly from the Czech Republic. Furhermore, it includes observation on seasonality of a single population of Batrachospermum gelatinosum.
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Evolution of selected enzymes of the shikimate pathway and the haem biosynthetic pathway in Rhodophyta (class Florideophyceae)
VORÁČOVÁ, Kateřina
Diatoms derived their plastid from red algae through the secondary endosymbiosis. Most of the endosymbiont genes have been transferred from the engulfed alga to the secondary host nucleus, therefore evolution of these genes correspond to the evolution of plastids rather than to the evolution of the host organisms. Similarly, genes coding for ferrochelatase and DAHP synthase from diatoms are closely related to those from plants and green algae. Contrary to this, red algal genes do not cluster within this clade. I tried to amplify and sequence genes coding for ferrochelatase and DAHP synthase from representatives of the class Florideophyceae to investigate their phylogenetic position.
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