Algal flora of dairy waste water Jadhav Milind J., Magar Satish D.1 Department of Botany, Sir Sayyed College, Roshan Gate area, Aurangabad-431001 (M.S) India 1Department of Botany, L.B.S. College, Partur, Dist-Jalna-431501 (M.S.) India Online published on 27 August, 2019. Abstract Dairy waste water is one of the major source of water pollution, as it is rich in organic contents showing eutrophic condition. It contains lactose, casein (milk protein), phosphates and sulphates. Dairy waste water is used as source of nutrients by algae. During present research work algal flora of dairy waste water has been studied from June 2015 to May 2017. Algal samples were collected at monthly intervals from waste water of Deogiri Mahanand dairy, located near Aurangabad city of Maharashtra. Total of 72 species under 35 genera belonged to Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Euglenophyceae and Cyanophyceae were recorded. Cyanophycean algal taxa were found to be dominant. Algal genera such as Gloeocystis, Chlorococcum, Trebouxia, Chlorella, Scenedesmus Navicula, Nitzschia, Euglena, Oscillatoria, Phormidium, Chroococcus, Microcystis, Aphanothece, Gloeocapsa, Spirulina and Merismopedia dominated algal flora. It was observed that winter and summer seasons were suitable for abundance of algae. Top Keywords Algal flora, dairy waste water, physico-chemical analysis, seasonal variation. Top |