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


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1 Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal, India
2 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah - 711103, West Bengal, India
 

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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Authors

Nitin Keshari
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal, India
Sudipta Kumar Das
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah - 711103, West Bengal, India
Siba Prasad Adhikary
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal, India

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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