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11. Nannochloropsis oculata (Droop) D. J. Hibberd (Pl.1, Fig. J)

(http://www.algaebase.org)
Phylum: Ochrophyta

Class: Eustigmatophyceae
Order: Eustigmatales

Family: Monodopsidaceae
Genus: Nannochloropsis

Unicellular, free floating, cells sub spherical, yellow-green parietal chloroplast, Pigment

typically eustigmatophycean. Cells 2-4 µm in diameter.
Accession No. CTR00061

12. Chroococcidiopsis Geitler (Pl. 2, Fig. G)

(http://www.algaebase.org)
Phylum: Cyanobacteria

Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Chroococcidiopsidales

Family: Chroococcidiopsidaceae
Genus: Chroococcidiopsis

Unicellular; spherical cells, rarely solitary, sometimes gathered in free-living irregular

agglomerations or forming more or less spherical or irregular colonies. Cells or small groups
of cells are enveloped by thin, firm, colourless, sometimes slightly layered sheaths

(envelopes), which split during the liberation of daughter cells. Cells spherical or irregularly
spherical, with a blue-green, yellowish, grayish or reddish content, sometimes slightly

granular. Cells 2-6 µm in diameter.
Accession No. CTR00062

13. Synechococcus elongates (Nägeli) Nägeli (Pl. 2, Fig. I)

(Desikachary 1959, pg. 143, pl.25, figs. 7, 8),
Phylum: Cyanobacteria

Class: Cyanophyceae

Order: Synechococcales
Family: Synechococcaceae

Genus: Synechococcus
Cells unicellular, solitary or agglomerated in groups but without common mucilage. Cells

cylindrical, erect seldom slightly bent with rounded apices. Cells 10-15 µm long, 5-7 µm in
diameter.

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