A NEW RED ALGAE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MEGHALAYA

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FRESH WATER RED ALGAE ( GENUS - SHEATHIA) IN MEGHALAYA. ( NEAR CRIONLINE WATERFALL IN EAST KHASI) 

* NAMED - SHEATHIA MEGHALAYAENSIS 

( CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES) 

* DESCRIBED BY U ELAYA PERUMAL OF THE CENTRAL NATIONAL HERBARIUM, BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) (HOWRAH), AND M PALANISAMY OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SOUTHERN REGIONAL CENTRE, COIMBATORE 

* PREVIOUSLY TWO SPECIES HAD DISCOVERD IN NORTH EAST 

- SHEATHIA INDONEPALENSIS 

- SHEATHIA ASSAMICA 

SIGNIFICANCE OF RED ALGAE - 

* ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS FRESH WATER RED ALGAE ARE KNOWN TO PRODUCE BIOACTIVE COMPUND WITH ANTIVIRAL, ANTI OXIDANT, ANTI INFLAMMATORY, AND TUMOUR PROPERTIES.