Morpho‐taxonomic identification of algal diversity of district Lahore based on light microscopic techniques

Abstract

Total 23 algal species belonging to 14 genera were reported from different sites of district Lahore. They were collected from freshwater of some areas of Lahore city during October 2017 to March 2018. All were taxonomically investigated up to specie level using light microscopy (LM). Following species were identified: Achanthes hungarica (Grunow) Grunow in Cleve et Grunow 1880, Achnanthes minutissima (Kützing) Cleve, Anabaena affinis Lemmermann, Aphanothece endophytica G.M. Smith, Aphanothece nidulans P. Richter, Calothrix fusca (Kützing) Bornet & Flahault, Chroococcus limenticus var. distans G.M. Smith, Chroococcus minor (Kützing) Lemmermann, Cyclotella operculata (C.A. Agardh) Brebisson, Cymbella ehrengbergii Kützing, Cymbella turgida, Lyngbya arboricola Bruhlet Bruh, Lyngbya tylorii Drouet & Strickland, Navicula confervacea (Kützing) Grun. var. confervacea, Navicula knsnesis Meister, Oedogonium behemicum Hirn, Oscillatoria amoena (Kützing) Gomont, Oscillatoria amphibia C. Agardh ex Gomont, Oscillatoria subbrevis Schmidle, Pinuularia interrupta W. Smith, Spirulina subsala (Oersted) ex Gomont, Ulothrix aequalis Kützing, Ulothrix tenuissima Kützing.

A Prospective Study on Morphological Identification and Characterization of Freshwater Green Algae Based on the Microscopic Technique in District Rawalpindi

“…Its elevation is 508 m. The distance between Rawalpindi to Gujar Khan is 44km and 861.9 meters. The average rainfall is 1,346.8 millimeters (53.02 inc), most of which falls in the monsoon season (Rehman et al, 2021).…”

“…The diversity of green algae was reported in Pakistan i.e., (Shuaib et al, 2017;Ali et al, 2011;Khan et al, 2017;Wali et al, 2017;Ullah et al, 2019Ullah et al, , 2021Zarina and Shameel, 2013;Imtiaz et al, 2018;Mukhtar et al, 2021;Jaffer et al, 2019;Shah et al, 2011;Asad et al, 2011;Ghazala et al, 2009). The present study, therefore, aims at exploring the diversity of green algae thriving naturally in the in Tehsil Gujar Khan, district Rawalpindi.…”

“…Some algal species have the ability to face stressful environments and some species are unable to adopt themselves a stress environment. Some algal species can face stressful environments and some species are unable to adapt themselves to a stressful environment (Mukhtar et al, 2021). Many green algae may grow heterotrophically in the dark using an external source of organic carbon and this growth is faster than pure autotrophic conditions (Bell, 2013;Fan et al, 2012).…”

Morphogenetic variation and assorted biological activities in true branching Nostocales strains of Cholistan oasis, Pakistan

“…In Pakistan, algal research is in the exploratory phase and therefore lacks any comprehensive and polyphasic studies. Several checklists have been published, in recent years [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. However, there was hardly any focus on the cyanobacterial diversity of the arid environment.…”