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Spirulina is symbiotic, multicellular, and filamentous blue-green microalgae with symbiotic bacteria that fix nitrogen from air. It is recognizable by the arrangement of the multicellular cylindrical trichomes in an open left-hand helix along the entire length. The blue-green nonheterocystous filaments, composed of vegetative cells that undergo binary fission in a single plane, show easily visible transverse cross-walls. The presence of gas-filled vacuoles in the cells, together with the helical shape of the filaments, results in floating mats. The trichomes have a length of 50e500 mm and a width of 3e4 mm. The trichomes, enveloped by a thin sheath, show more or less slightly pronounced constrictions at cross-walls. Although the helical shape of the trichome is considered to be a stable and constant property maintained in culture, there may be considerable variation in the degree of helicity between different strains of the same Handbook of Marine Microalgae

Author

Thanh-Sang Vo; Dai-Hung Ngo; Se-Kwon Kim

Published

2015

Language

EN