{"id":11374,"date":"2023-05-29T06:52:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T01:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11374"},"modified":"2025-03-30T02:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T20:42:57","slug":"what-is-gomphonema-rajaguruii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-gomphonema-rajaguruii\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Gomphonema rajaguruii?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Gomphonema rajaguruii:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>new freshwater diatom species.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>found in a semi-aquatic environment<\/strong> along the wet walls <strong>in Maharashtra\u2019s<\/strong> popular hill station, <strong>Mahabaleshwar in Satara District<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>named after<\/strong> a veteran <strong>geo-archaeologist<\/strong> from the city, the <strong>late Professor S N Rajaguru.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>unique <\/strong>because it <strong>shows the characteristics of two genus<\/strong> \u2013 Gomphonema and Gomphoneis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What are Diatoms?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>photosynthetic, single celled organism<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They are a <strong>major group of algae<\/strong> and <strong>form one of the most common<\/strong> forms of <strong>phytoplankton<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>found in almost every aquatic environment<\/strong> including fresh and marine waters.<\/li>\n<li>Diatoms have <strong>cell walls made of silica<\/strong>, Each species has <strong>a distinct pattern of tiny holes in the cell wall<\/strong> (frustule) through which they absorb nutrients and get rid of waste.<\/li>\n<li>Collectively<strong>, they are responsible for generating up to 50% of the oxygen<\/strong> produced globally each year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is an Algae?<\/h3>\n<p>Algae are a diverse group of aquatic organisms that have the ability to conduct photosynthesis. Certain algae are familiar to most people; for instance, seaweeds (such as kelp or phytoplankton), pond scum or the algal blooms in lakes. However, there exists a vast and varied world of algae that are not only helpful to us, but are critical to our existence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/pune\/new-algae-species-mahabaleshwar-named-pune-scientist-8632972\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>New oxygen-supplying algae species found in Mahabaleshwar, named after Pune scientist<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gomphonema rajaguruii  is a new freshwater diatom species found in a semi-aquatic environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}