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Oedocladium Sahyadricum

GS Paper III Environment and Ecology

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Oedocladium Sahyadricum

Recently, A New algal species “Oedocladium sahyadricum” discovered in the natural forests of Kumbhavurutty region of Western Ghats in Kollam.

About Oedocladium Sahyadricum

The name ‘sahyadricum’ refers to the Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri.
Features :
- It is Dioecious (having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals.),
- Terrestrial, having a superior operculum (an operculum is a flap of some type found on algae, fungi, or vascular plants.).
- It looks like moss protonema, is velvety green but turns yellowish-green as it matures.
- Possessing ellipsoid oogonium (large cells that develop a pore in the cell wall that allows flagellated sperm cells to enter the cell.)
- Oospore (a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere ).

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Habitat :
- The alga was found as a thin mat of elongated strands on damp soil.
- Rainy weather is likely needed for its abundant growth.
Potential practical applications :
- In medicine, agriculture, and in the production of a natural pigment, astaxanthin.
- Algae play a significant role in ecosystems and have enormous economic importance in the world market, from high-value products to wastewater treatment.

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