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Volume 58, December 2016

Articles

Stigonema tagorum Sp. Nov. (Stigonemataceae, Cyanoprokaryota) from a Stone Monument of Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v58/2016/105915

Published 2016-12-01

  • Nitin Keshari
    • ,
  • Sudipta Kumar Das
    • ,
  • Siba Prasad Adhikary

Nitin Keshari
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal

Sudipta Kumar Das
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah - 711103, West Bengal

Siba Prasad Adhikary
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal

Abstract

Cyanobacteria/Cyanoprokaryotes are primary components of the microbial bio-films colonizing on different culturally important stone monuments. Their diversity and eco-physiology was always emphasized as they cause weathering of their substratum leading to disfigurement of the monuments. In the present communication, a novel Stigonematacean species, i.e., Stigonema tagorum is described from a stone monument (Gandhi Statue) in Santiniketan, West Bengal. The taxon has a distinguished type of true branching and cellular morphometry which differentiates it from its resembling taxa.

Keywords

Stigonema tagorum, Cyanoprokaryote, Monuments, Santiniketan.

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