The Biobrio 10(1 & 2), 2023

Biochemical analysis of some blue-green algae collected from Supaul district of Bihar

Sneha Kumari & Shikha Chaudhury

ABSTRACT:

The aim of present work was to study the biochemical analysis of six isolates belonging to Oscillatoria limosa, Anabaena circulans, Nostoc commune, Scytonema crispum, Lyngbya contorta and Calothrix fusca of Blue-green algae collected from Supaul district. It was observed that percentage protein content of Oscillatoria limosa was highest (10.2%) while Carbohydrate content and Lipid content was observed highest in Lyngbya contorta (Carbohydrate-18.3%, Lipid-14.5%).

Keywords:    

Carbohydrate, Chlorophyll-a, Protein, Lipid.

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