Cytokinesis in the green alga Spirogyra (Zygnemataceae) is characterized by centripetal growth of a septum, which impinges on a persistent, centrifugally expanding telophase spindle, leading to a phragmoplast-like structure of potential phylogenetic significance (Fowke, L. C., and J. D. Pickett-Heaps. 1969. J. Phycol. 5:273-281). Combining fluorescent tagging of the cytoskeleton in situ and vid...

INTRODUCTION We evaluated periphytic algal and microbial communities to assess the influence of human and cattle impact on Sierra water quality. METHODS 64 sites (lakes and streams from Lake Tahoe to Sequoia National Park, California) were sampled for suspended indicator bacteria and algae following standardized procedures. The potential for nonpoint pollution was divided into three categorie...

Ecological investigation of two riverine wetlands of Goalpara district, Assam, India was carried out in relation to planktonic productivity from 2006 to 2008. The physico chemical parameters were found fluctuating with the growth of both phytoplankton and zooplankton. Both the beel was dominated by Chlorophyceae throughout the year amongst which Ulothrix and Spirogyra were found as dominating s...

The chloroplast of Spirogyra is a long, spirally coiled ribbon which may contract to form a short, nearly straight rod. This happens under natural conditions and it can also be produced by a variety of inorganic salts and by some organic substances. It also occurs when the chloroplast is freed by centrifugal force from the clear peripheral protoplasm which is in contact with the cellulose wall....

MONICA MIHAELA CIRSTOIU1, IULIAN ANTONIAC2, LIANA PLES3, ELVIRA BRATILA4*, OCTAVIAN MUNTEANU1 1 Bucharest Emergency University Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department,169 Splaiul Independenþei, 050098, Bucharest, Romania 2 University Politehnica of Bucharest, Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042, Bucharest, Romania 3 Sfantul Ioan Emergency Hospital...

Algae are highly diverse in their habitat and properties: unicellular such as Chlorella sp. [1]. And the diatoms, to multicellular forms, such as the giant kelp, a large brown alga. Algae are eukaryotes though Cyanobacteria or Blue-green algae (like Lyngbya) [2], are Prokaryotic; but some researchers don’t consider Cyanobacteria as algae [3,4]. Algal Collection of the US National Herbarium (Nat...