Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand

Nostochopsis spp. are edible and rare cyanobacteria which form thick mucilaginous colonies, 0.1-8 cm in size, attached on the rocks or cobbles in transparent shallow streams or rivers. They are classified in the Order Nostocales, Family Hapalosiphonaceae. The objective of this study was to investiga...

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Main Authors: Motham M., Pekkoh J., Peerapornpisal Y.
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Published: 2014
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-73392014-08-30T04:00:50Z Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand Motham M. Pekkoh J. Peerapornpisal Y. Nostochopsis spp. are edible and rare cyanobacteria which form thick mucilaginous colonies, 0.1-8 cm in size, attached on the rocks or cobbles in transparent shallow streams or rivers. They are classified in the Order Nostocales, Family Hapalosiphonaceae. The objective of this study was to investigate the colonial growth, pigments and quality of water in the ponds at 3 glass houses in the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Chiang Mai Province in which these cyanobacteria were growing during April-June 2012. The three glass houses were; the Aquatic house, the Bromeliad house and Orchids and Fern house. Ten colonies from each sampling site were measured once a week. The average increase in colonial size was found to be 0.17±0.06, 0.30±0.08 and 0.15±0.08 cm/week respectively. Chlorophyll, phycocyanin, allophycocyanin and carotenoid were highest in the samples from Aquatic house as 16.22±4.28, 11.95±8.55, 73.62±4.07 and 12.70±1.54 mg/g.dw, respectively. These cyanobacteria grew at 22-30°C, pH 6.17-8.75 and conductivity 112-171 μs/cm. The water quality was clean-moderate and in oligo-mesotrophic status. © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2014. 2014-08-30T04:00:50Z 2014-08-30T04:00:50Z 2014 Article 20424868 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897832916&partnerID=40&md5=77077d3404fb65203186ddedef9b2797 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7339 English
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description Nostochopsis spp. are edible and rare cyanobacteria which form thick mucilaginous colonies, 0.1-8 cm in size, attached on the rocks or cobbles in transparent shallow streams or rivers. They are classified in the Order Nostocales, Family Hapalosiphonaceae. The objective of this study was to investigate the colonial growth, pigments and quality of water in the ponds at 3 glass houses in the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Chiang Mai Province in which these cyanobacteria were growing during April-June 2012. The three glass houses were; the Aquatic house, the Bromeliad house and Orchids and Fern house. Ten colonies from each sampling site were measured once a week. The average increase in colonial size was found to be 0.17±0.06, 0.30±0.08 and 0.15±0.08 cm/week respectively. Chlorophyll, phycocyanin, allophycocyanin and carotenoid were highest in the samples from Aquatic house as 16.22±4.28, 11.95±8.55, 73.62±4.07 and 12.70±1.54 mg/g.dw, respectively. These cyanobacteria grew at 22-30°C, pH 6.17-8.75 and conductivity 112-171 μs/cm. The water quality was clean-moderate and in oligo-mesotrophic status. © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2014.
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author Motham M.
Pekkoh J.
Peerapornpisal Y.
spellingShingle Motham M.
Pekkoh J.
Peerapornpisal Y.
Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand
author_facet Motham M.
Pekkoh J.
Peerapornpisal Y.
author_sort Motham M.
title Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand
title_short Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand
title_full Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand
title_fullStr Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Edible cyanobacteria (Nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Thailand
title_sort edible cyanobacteria (nostochopsis spp.) from glass house, queen sirikit botanical garden, thailand
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