The Journal of Indian Botanical Society
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 90
  • Issue: 3and4

Part III: An Account of Heterocystous Stigonematalean Cyanobacterial Biodiversity of North East Region of India

  • Author:
  • Oinam Avijeet Singh, Gunapati Oinam, O.N. Tiwari
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 200 to 206

Microbial Resources Division, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (An autonomous Institute under the DBT, Govt. of India), Takyelpat, Imphal-795001, Manipur

*Corresponding author: ontiwaril@rediffmail.com

Online published on 25 April, 2016.

Abstract

The present study deals with biodiversity of stigonematalean cyanobacteria encountered from the states of North East India falling under Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots. During monsoon and post monsoon period of 2004–2011 algal and soil samples were collected for purification and identification of cyanobacteria. Total 23 stigonematales cultures were isolated which belong to 5 genera viz. Nostochopsis (2), Mastigocladopsis (l), Hapalosiphon (9), Westiellopsis (10) and Stigonema (1). All these isolates were deposited to the Freshwater Cyanobacterial and Microalgal Repository at IBSD, Imphal, Manipur, a creation of national facility by DBT, Govt. of India (Ref. No.: BT/PR11323/PBD/26/171/2008 dated 3 lstMarch, 2009) for maintenance and preservation after allotment of accession numbers.

Keywords

Biodiversity, Cyanobacteria, Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots, Repository