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Adaptation of Chlorococcum humicolum and Phormidium foveolarum to copper

S D Shankhadarwar* & P B Nandkar
Department of Botany ,Nagpur ,University ,Nagpur, India

Received 10 July 2006; Revised 16 August 2006

Abstract: An experiment was conducted to study the rate of Cu accumulation in Chlorococcum humicolum and Phormidium foveolarum under laboratory condition. Algae isolated from sewage water treatment plant able to grow in copper concentration ranges from 0.1to 10mg/l. Metal tolerant strain was obtained by repeated sub culturing. Tolerance of Chlorococcum humicolum to copper 1.5 to 7 me and Phormidium  foveolarum 1.8 to 10 mg/1  

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