DIATOM FLORA OF RAJASTHAN: A REVIEW

Diatoms are eukaryotic single-celled photosynthesizing algae that have significant ecological and forensic importance. They inhabit practically every aquatic environment, including fresh and salt water bodies they have a siliceous skeleton (frustule). In this review, the diatom reported from water bodies of Rajasthan compied. This review revealed that the most common diatoms reported in the water bodies of Rajasthan are Navicula, Nitzschia, Cyclotella, Synedra, Fragilaria and Gomphonema, whereas some site specific diatom’s species are also reported like Stauroneis in Kaylana lake of Jodhpur, Brachysira in Chambal river, Kota, Achnanthidium in Chambal river, Kota and Maavatha pond (Amer fort) and Anomoene is from Indira Gandhi Canal, Hanumangarh.