Bacteriological and Physico-Chemical Analysis of Lonar Lake Water-A Unique Hypervelocity Nature Impact Crater In Basaltic Rock in the World

Authors

  • Nishikant Junare  P.G. Department of Microbiology, Shri Shivaji Science & Arts College, Chikhli, Buldana, Maharashtra, India
  • A. M. Garode  P.G. Department of Microbiology, Shri Shivaji Science & Arts College, Chikhli, Buldana, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Lonar Lake, standard plate count method, Most Probable Number, Physico-chemical Analysis.

Abstract

Lonar Lake is a unique hypervelocity natural impact crater in basaltic rock in the world which is situated in Buldhana district of Maharashtra state. It is an inland saline crater of only one of its kind in Asia. Lonar Lake is the third largest natural salt-water lake in the world. The crater is 150 meter in depth and is absolutely confined from all sides by the walls of the crater and there is not a single channel of water draining away from it, there by leaving the lake waters stagnant from thousands of years. The sample of water of Lonar Lake were collected and analyzed for their Physico-chemical and Bacteriological analysis to check the water quality and diversity of Lonar Lake.

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2018-04-30

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Volume 4, Issue 5, March-April-2018

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Nishikant Junare, A. M. Garode, " Bacteriological and Physico-Chemical Analysis of Lonar Lake Water-A Unique Hypervelocity Nature Impact Crater In Basaltic Rock in the World , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.1562-1565, March-April-2018.