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Euro Biotechnology 2016
November 07-09, 2016
Volume 6, Issue 7(Suppl) J Biotechnol Biomater
ISSN: 2155-952X JBTBM, an open access journal
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November 07-09, 2016 Alicante, Spain
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A Karthikeyan et al., J Biotechnol Biomater 2016, 6:7(Suppl)
Role of Algae in reclamation of soil in cyanide dumps of KGF, Kolar district, Karnataka state
A Karthikeyan2 and Venugopal N1
1Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College of Science, Arts and Commerce, India
2KGF First Grade College, India
India has great biodiversity of blue green algae in general which has contributed to fertility of the soils and in relatively well
documented. Efforts have been made to study the algal flora in the tailings or cyanide dumps of the Kolar gold fields and an
attempt has been made to draw the knowledge about heterocyst and non-heterocyst nitrogen fixing organisms like blue green
algae, which are ubiquitous in distribution and contribute to the world wide nitrogen status. It has been widely studied in the
paddy field soils addition of Cyanobacteria to enhance the crop yield. Algalisation is best where nearby species are utilized
to get ready inoculums. It is therefore important to have detailed information of indigenous algal population particularly
the nitrogen fixating species. Several investigative reports on the abundance of soil algae in different geographical areas of
India are available. Many areas of region still remain unexplored. In this context the present investigation was taken up in the
tailings or cyanide dumps and recorded 60 algal species in which, 37 species of Cyanophyceae, 12 species of Chlorophyceae, 09
species of Bacillariophyceae amd 2 species of Euglenophyceae. The most abundance genera of algae present in the area are as
follows Microcystis elongata, Anabaena circinalis, Aphanocapsa koordaesi, Calothrix castelli, Chroococcus giganteus, Gloeocapsa
gelatinosa, Crinalium magnum, Nostoc commune, Oscillatoria obscura, Phormidium parpurescens, Synechococcus pevalikii,
Chlorella vulgaris, Chlorococcum croccum, Cymbella ventucosa, Navicula rhomboids, Euglena elongata etc.
Biography
A Karthikeyan is a Professor and Head of Department of Botany/Microbiology and he is working in KGF First Grade College, Kolar, India. He has published 8
research papers in various national and international journals and completed 10 student research projects. He was conferred with an international award at Dubai-
“Indo Dubai Pacific Achievers Award on 20/11/2015.