Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper


Vol.31, Issue 1, 2025

Page Number: 316-322

IDENTIFICATION OF FRESH WATER ALGAE FROM TIRUPATI, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Rekha Adimulam, A. Suvarna Latha and P. Sujathamma

Abstract

Present investigation identified 25 species of Algae from Tirupati. Identified algae are Merismopedia punctata, Spirulina maxima, Microcystis aeruginosa, Aphanothece variabilis, Oscillatoria limosa, Scytonema crispum, Cymbella turgidula, Gomphonema difformum, Synedra crystallina, Synedra ulna, Diadesmiscon fervacea, Pinnularia longa, Euglena viridis, Phacus undulatus, Coelastrum microporum, Scenedesmus acutiformis, Scenedesmus bijugus, Scenedesmus protuberans, Closterium incurvum, Closterium subulatum , Cosmarium divergens, Cosmarium seelyanum, Spirogyra hyalina, Spirogyra fluviatilis and Zygnema acruciatum. These Algae members are belonging to families Cyanophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Euglenophyceae and Chlorophyceae.