Researcher discovered the survival mechanism of one of the smallest green algae Picocystis Salinarum in harshest of conditions.
The algae resort to physiological adaptation to highly saline-alkaline and hyperosmotic conditions.
P. salinarum is a globally widespread picoplanktonic green algae of saline lakes.
Though the algae had been widely found in saline-soda lakes around the world, it was spotted for the first time in India only in the Sambhar Lake,Rajasthan.