Cyanophycean (Cyanobacterial) diversity from the Lakhimpur-Khiri District of Northern Uttar Pradesh, India
Phycology Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Technology Research Archive, 2021, 01(02), 072–087.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijstra.2021.1.2.0040
Publication history:
Received on 09 September 2021; revised on 28 October 2021; accepted on 30 October 2021
Abstract:
In the present study, the cyanophycean diversity of the Lakhimpur-Khiri district, northern Uttar Pradesh, India, has been investigated for the first time. Algae samples were collected in plastic bottles and preserved in 3-4% formalin from Lakhimpur-Khiri district of northern Uttar Pradesh in different seasons from 2015 to 2016. The field photographs of the selected localities were also taken and the location of each site noted down. For the Microscopic study of Cyanophycean algae, the samples were stained with 1 % aqueous methylene blue solution according to the standard method. The observations and photomicrography were done with help of Nikon Labophot-11 microscope. A total of 31 cyanophycean algal taxa have been recorded from different water bodies of Lakhimpur-Khiri. These algal taxa belong to 14 genera and 9 families of the division Cyanophyata. Of these, Oscillatoria (7), Phormidium (4) and Lyngbya (3) are abundant.
Keywords:
Algae; Cyanophyceae; Lakhimpur-Khiri; Oscillatoriaceae; Uttar Pradesh
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