Occurrence of Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont in Ganga Water

Abstract

Present investigation deals with systematic enumeration and importance of Genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont collected from Ganga water. During study nine species and two variety of Genus Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont namely Oscillatoria acuta Bürhl & Biswas, Oscillatoria formosa Bory ex Gomont, Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont, Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmerm., Oscillatoria minnesotensis Tilden, Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont, Oscillatoria pseudogeminata var. unigranulata Biswas, Oscillatoria sancta Kütz., Oscillatoria tenuis C.Agardh ex Gomont, Oscillatoria tenuis var. tergestina Rabenh. ex Gomont and Oscillatoria willei N.L.Gardner were recorded from Bithoor Ganga water. The investigation emphasizes the importance and uses of various species of this genus in different ways.