Answer to Question #78071 in Microbiology for Krishna

Question

How do diatoms, dinoflagellates, and euglenoids store food ?

Answer 1

Diatoms store food energy in form of chrysolaminarin and lipids.
Storage products of Dinoflagellates are usually starch and oils.
In Euglenoids food storage material is paramylon.
References
Rita A. Horner (2002). A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. Biopress.
pp. 25–30.
https://tolweb.org/Dinoflagellates/2445
https://tolweb.org/Euglenida/97461
https://algaevision.myspecies.info/node/3501