Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-3 | Issue-01 | 10-18
Original Research Article
Isolation and Characterization of Cyanobacteria from Paddy Field Soil
T. Tamil Kumar and H. Syed Jahangir
Published : Jan. 30, 2018
Abstract
Six cyanobacterial strains were isolated from pesticide exposed paddy field
soil by enrichment method. The isolate exhibited unicellular and filamentous
character and are designated and identified as JMCTTKC1-Phormidium
pachydermaticum, JMCTTKC3-Oscillatoria chalybea, JMCTTKC4-Oscillatoria
tenuis, JMCTTKC5-Oscillatoria ornata, JMCTTKC6-Chroococcus dispersus and
JMCTTKC7-Phormidium tenue. The effect of 0.05% of lambdacyhalothrin was
analysed on chlorophyll-a and protein content of the cyanobacterial isolates in
mineral medium at different time intervals. The maximum level of chlorophyll-a
content JMCTTKC4-Oscillatoria tenuis-39.3500µg/mL and protein content
JMCTTKC6-Chroococcus dispersus- 99.9µg/mL was recorded on the 9th day sample.
At the same time decreased level of chlorophyll-a content JMCTTKC1-Phormidium
pachydermaticum-3.8597µg/mL and protein content JMCTTKC3-Oscillatoria
chalybea 24.73µg/mL was observed on 13th day sample. From this above observation
it was clearly noted that the selected isolates are capable of degrading
Lamdacyhalothrin pesticide and used its metabolites as a sole carbon and nitrogen
source for their growth.