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PJB-2016-31
SYSTEMATICS OF CHROOCOCCUS FROM PAKISTAN
Abstract
The present paper reports taxonomic enumeration of genus Chroococcus belonging to the Chroococcaceae family from the Kallar Kahar Lake, Chakwal, Pakistan. In all, 18 species have been recorded from the study area. Of them, 5 species viz., C. microscopicus, C. planctonicus, C. polyedriformis, C. subtilissimus and C. vacuolatus are new records for Pakistan and South Asia. Their taxonomic description and geographic distribution is provided and discussed in this paper.
