Nutritional and Toxicological Aspects of Spirulina (arthrospira).

First description of a cyanophage infecting the 1 cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis ( Spirulina )

cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) 2 3 Stéphan JACQUET 1 , Xu ZHONG 1 , Parvathi AMMINI 1,2 , Angia Sriram PRADEEP 4 RAM 3 5 6 1. INRA, UMR 042 CARRTEL, 75 Avenue de Corzent, 74203 Thonon-les-Bains cx, France 7 2. National Institute of Oceanography, Dr Salim Ali Road, PO Box 1913, Kochi, 682018 India 8 3. Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnment, UMR CNRS 6023, Clermon...

Tackling Community Undernutrition at Lake Bogoria, Kenya: the Potential of Spirulina (arthrospira Fusiformis) as a Food Supplement

Molecular diversity of bacteria in commercially available "Spirulina" food supplements.

The cyanobacterium Arthrospira is among the most well-known food supplements worldwide known as "Spirulina." While it is a widely recognized health-promoting natural product, there are no reports on the molecular diversity of commercially available brands of "Spirulina" supplements and the occurrence of other cyanobacterial and heterotrophic bacterial microorganisms in these products. In this s...

Optimization of light conditions by affecting the growth and production of C-Phycocyanin in Spirulina platensis microalgae

Spirulina microalgae are a rich source of protein and valuable biological compounds. One of the most important Spirulina microalgae pigments is phycocyanin. Phycocyanin is widely used in industries as a natural blue pigment and it’s also an effective antioxidant. In order to improve phycocyanin production as well as Spirulina growth, by autotrophic cultivation considering that autotrophic culti...

Biofunctionalized Nanofibers Using Arthrospira (Spirulina) Biomass and Biopolymer

Electrospun nanofibers composed of polymers have been extensively researched because of their scientific and technical applications. Commercially available polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate (PHB-HV) copolymers are good choices for such nanofibers. We used a highly integrated method, by adjusting the properties of the spinning solutions, where the cyanophyte Arthrospi...