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Preliminary Screening of Halophilic Microalgae Collected from Different Salt Pans of Tuticorin, Southeast Coast of India

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Halophilic microalgae were collected from the salt pans of Tuticorin, Southeast coast of India. Collected specimens belonged to 13 species, of which 3 were Bacillariophyceae, 4 were Chlorophyceae and 6 were Cyanophyceae. During the study period, it was observed that the species diversity was decreased sharply when the salinity of the water increases. Hypersaline region i.e. in the crystallizing area only Dunaliella sp. and Nitzschia sp. were seen. Dunaliella sp. was the most prominent species in the crystallizing area forming orange-red patches on the salt crystals. While the algae were cultured under laboratory condition, most of the species were failed to grow except Oscillatoria sp. and Dunaliella sp. are the prevailing collection in hypersaline area Tuticorin.

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The authors thank the authorities of Bharathidasan University for providing the necessary facilities and the first authors thankful to the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi for financial support through UGC-Research Awardee (No. F.30-1/2014 (SA-II)/RA-2014-16-SC-TAM-4364 dated 05/02/2015). Authors are thankful to Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, for provided financial assistance for microalgae culture facility through the extramural project (BT/PR 5856/AAQ/3/598/2012). The authors would like to thank the editors and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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  1. Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Digha, West Bengal, 721 428, India

    S. Balakrishnan

  2. Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620 024, India

    S. Balakrishnan, P. Santhanam, S. Jeyanthi & M. Divya

  3. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, 608 502, India

    M. Srinivasan

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Balakrishnan, S., Santhanam, P., Jeyanthi, S. et al. Preliminary Screening of Halophilic Microalgae Collected from Different Salt Pans of Tuticorin, Southeast Coast of India. Proc Zool Soc 72, 90–96 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-018-0264-0

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