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Effects of Insecticides on Algae

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Insecticide Microbiology

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Algae are common inhabitants of surface waters and are encountered in every water system that is exposed to sunlight. They range from unicellular to filamentous types. Most of the algae, including diatoms, green algae, dinoflagellates and chrysophytes, are significant organisms in the aquatic environment, while the blue-green algae are important in soil and associated environments such as irrigation and drainage systems and lakes and ponds. Blue-green algae help to maintain soil fertility, through carbon fixation and synthesis of substances supporting plant growth. Probably the most noted activity is the ability of some species to fix atmospheric nitrogen which is particularly significant in the productivity of rice paddy. Algae are also unique in having photosynthetic ability which is absent in typical bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, yeast and protozoa.

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