Volume : 7, Issue : 2, February - 2018

Photochromatic Adaptation of certain heterocystous cyanobacteria of rice fields of Allahabad U.P.

Hema Joshi, Anamika Singh

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The present investigation deals with five heterocystous cyanobacterial strains belonging to two genera namely <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Anabaena</i>(2) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:&#10;normal">Calothrix</i>( 3)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i>were isolated from rice fields of Allahabad District Uttar Pradesh.These strains were examined for the growth attributes and pigment composition(phycobilin).The selected strains may prove useful in biofertilizer technology and other applied aspects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>