Growth rate Measurement and Morphometry of isolated Microalgae from north India region

Parveen Kumar; Dr. Devendra Kumar; Sushil Kshahi; Pradeep K Sharma

Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Growth rate Measurement and Morphometry of isolated Microalgae from north India region

Parveen Kumar, Dr. Devendra Kumar, Sushil Kshahi, Pradeep K Sharma

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Microalgae are the much more diversified group of microorganisms. These are found in a wide range of habitat. In this work we report the isolation of various microalgal strains from terrestrial and aquatic sites. A total of 60 samples of terrestrial and aquatic bodies were collected, out of them 8 algal strains were successfully isolated and purely cultured in lab and maintained. Genus level identification was done with the help of light microscope. Morphometry of algal strains was done using Imagepro+ software (version 4.5). Growth rate was measured by hemocytometer. Growth pattern was observed irregular but a constant growth was observed. Microalgal strains namely Chlorella, Scenedesmus and Chlorococcum showed a highest growth among all 8 isolated strains.</p>