مطهره اسدی - Former MSc Student, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
غلامرضا دهقان - Assistant Prof., Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
غلامرضا زرینی - Assistant Prof., Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
ندا سلطانی - Associate Prof., Department of Biology, ACECR, Research Institute of Applied Science, Tehran, Iran(E-mail: soltani۶@yahoo.com)

In the present study, the cyanobacterial flora of Urmia Lake (NW Iran), one of the largest salt lakes in the world and adjacent rivers is investigated. Urmia Lake comprises different micro-organisms including cyanobacteria which have a major role in aquatic ecosystems. Cyanobacterial samples were collected in ۲۰۰۸–۰۹ from Urmia Lake and its surrounding ecosystems. All samples were cultivated, isolated and identified using morphological keys basically and also molecular methods via ۱۶S rRNA sequencing in some cases.

Cyanobactertia, hypersaline lake, taxonomic survey, Urmia Lake, ۱۶S rRNA