Bioprospecting and indexing the microalgal diversity of different ecological habitats of India

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1657-1667

  Ratha, Sachitra Kumar ^a   Prasanna, Radha ^a   Gupta, Vishal ^a   Dhar, Dolly Wattal ^a   Saxena, Anil Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chlorella; Chlorophyll; Diversity; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

18S RDNA; BIODIVERSITY ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLORELLA SP; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CULTURAL CONDITIONS; DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL HABITATS; FURTHER UTILIZATION; GERMPLASMS; GREEN ALGA; ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; SAGAR ISLAND; SCENEDESMUS; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT; SERIAL DILUTIONS; SUNDERBANS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS;

ALGAE;

ALGAL DNA; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA, ALGAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; INDIA; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLORELLA SP.; CHLOROCOCCUM; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; KIRCHNERIA; SCENEDESMUS; TETRACYSTIS; ULOTHRIX;

EID: 84859266898     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0973-2     Document Type: Article

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