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Volume 60, Issue 2, December 2018

Articles

Cyanobacteria from aeroterrestrial biofilms around Balasore, Odisha

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v60/2018/130253

Published 2018-12-31

  • Dhanesh Kumar
    • ,
  • Saumya Ranjan Sahoo
    • ,
  • Sudipta Kumar Das

Dhanesh Kumar
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Nuapadhi, Balasore – 756020, Odisha

Saumya Ranjan Sahoo
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Nuapadhi, Balasore – 756020, Odisha

Sudipta Kumar Das
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah – 711 013, West Bengal

Abstract

Aeroterrestrial habitats are ecological significant as they act as a potential substrate for microbial growth causing biofilms. Such habitats around Balasore, Odisha are studied for the first time. A total of 16 cyanobacterial species are documented from various sub-aerophytic habitats around Balasore, which include 6 non-heterocystous and 10 heterocystous forms.

Keywords

Aeroterrestrial, Balasore, Cyanobacteria, Diversity, Odisha Coast.

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