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revealed a total of 21 pure isolates of algae belonging to different classes such as

Cyanophyceae (9), Chlorophyceae (7), Trebouxiophyceae (2), Eustigmatophyceae (1),
Bacillariophyceae (1), and Klebsormidiophyceae (1).

Figure 2: Class wise distribution of algae isolated from JCNP, Uttarakhand

1. Klebsormidium subtile (Kützing) Mikhailyuk, Glaser, Holzinger & Karsten (=Ulothrix
subtilissima Rabenhorst) (Pl. 1, Fig. A)

(Prescott, 1951, pg. 96, pl. 6, fig. 3)
Phylum: Charophyta

Class: Klebsormidiophyceae
Order: Klebsormidiales

Family: Klebsormidiacea

Genus: Klebsormidium
Filaments long, uniseriate and unbranched, free floating. Cells basically cylindrical. Cell wall

thin and smooth. Chloroplast single and parietal, laminate and girdle-shaped and extending

the entire length of the cell. Pyrenoid single, embedded in center of chloroplast. Cells 4-5 µm
in diameter, 11-11.5 µm long.

Accession No. CTR00051

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