Identification of Diatom Genera at Different Ghats of Saryu River at Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh for Forensic Consideration

Author(s)	Esha Shukla, Pooja Rana, Vetolu P Tunyi, Munish Kumar Mishra
Country	India
Abstract	Diatoms are unicellular, photosynthetic (autotrophic), eukaryotic algae. They belong to class Bacillariophyceae. In this work, 18 water samples were collected (3 from each site) from 6 different Ghats of Ayodhya i.e. Guptar Ghat, Raj Ghat, Ram Ghat, Lakshman Ghat, Janki Ghat, Naya Ghat. Water samples were collected from the surface of water. Following research, a total of 27 genera of diatoms were found. These diatom genera had significant ecological importance and were also crucial to criminal investigations involving post-mortem or anti-mortem drowning. Apart from 27 genera identification few diatom genera were found as site specific, these are Cymbella, Gyrosigma, Surirella, Fragilaria virescens, Adalfia , Navicula, Brachysira, Anomoeoneis, Frauenfeldii.
Keywords	Diatoms, Saryu River, Ayodhya Drowning, Death, Acid Digestion, Postmortem, Anti Mortem, Forensic.
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 5, September-October 2023
Published On	2023-10-05
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i05.7071

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