TNPSC Thervupettagam

Picocystis Salinarum

November 26 , 2023 360 days 402 0
  • 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.

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