The present research was conducted to elucidate biodiversity of cyanobacteria associated with brown macroalgal species distributed on rocky coast of Buleji, Karachi. In total 48 species of cyanobacteria were identified and grouped into four orders and fifteen genera. Most of the species were recognized in the orders Nostocales (27 species) and Chroococcales (14 species). Whereas a number of species were also identified in the orders Chamaesiphonales (5 species) and Pleurocapsales (2 species). Marine cyanobacterial species have capability to grow in different type of media. The media used were: ASNIII, MN and Miquel’s made up of both natural or artificial seawater and different nutrient composition.
Azra Bano, Pirzada J. A. Siddiqui. (2017) DISTRIBUTION OF EPIPHYTIC CYANOBACTERIA ON BROWN MACROALGAL SPECIES OCCURRING AT A ROCKY SHORE (BULEJI), KARACHI, PAKISTAN, , Volume 14, Issue 2.
