Authors : G.S. Shinde
Page Nos : 85-88
Description :
The present research investigation deals with the isolation and taxonomical characterization of soil blue-green alga Westiellopsis prolifica Janet isolated from agro-practices areas of Kopargaon tehsil of Maharashtra State. Morphological studies revealed that, the alga under investigation showed almost all identical characters as described by (Desikachary, 1959). Biochemical studies with respect to total nitrogen, crude proteins, lipids and chlorophyll-a content was carried out by following standard methods. Biochemical composition showed that soil blue-green alga Westiellopsis prolifica contains 4.70% total nitrogen, 29.37% crude proteins, 5.92 μg/gm Chlorophyll-a on fresh weight basis and 11.5% lipids on dry weight basis.
