A NEW ENDEMIC SPECIES OF GLEOTRICHIA CYANOBACTERIA FROM INDIA
H. K. GOSWAMI *
24, Kaushalnagar, P.O. Misrod, Bhopal (MP) 462047 India
B.S. ARYA *
Sector A,/ 769, Sudamanagar, Indore (MP) India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A new species of Gleotrichia agarkarii is described from ponds of Narsinghgarh (MP) India. This is characterized by the presence of a biconcave lens like hyaline bluish green cell (broader than longer) always present above the spore a feature never recorded so far in any of the cyanobacteria including the genus Gleotrichia.
Keywords: Gleotrichia agarkarii;, biconcave cell above the spore, Cyanobacteria.