Bharathidasan University to set up National Repository of Microalgae
The Microbiology Department of Bharathidasan University will set up a National repository of F
reshwater microalgae and Cyanobacteria with financial assistance from the Department of Biotechnology of the Union Ministry of Science and Technology.
The repository with be a national centre with the existing National Facility for Marine cyanobacteria (NFMC). It would carry out detailed study on uncultivable microalgae and cyanobacteria through metagenomic approach.
