{"id":485,"date":"2023-11-09T13:31:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:16:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T02:16:29","slug":"spirulina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/spirulina\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirulina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3>Defining Characteristics:<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul id=\"char_list\">\n<li>Colony forming? No<\/li>\n<li>Filamentous? Yes<\/li>\n<li>Filaments\u00a0are isopolar\n<ul>\n<li>can be solitary\u00a0to mat-forming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cells are cylindrical<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/spirulina\/#cork\">Corkscrew-like morphology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Very motile<\/li>\n<li>Sheath may be\u00a0present<\/li>\n<li>Aerotopes, heterocysts and akinetes absent<\/li>\n<li>Could be confused with:\u00a0<em>Arthrospira<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color:#900\">Solitary filaments<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Image_09-2.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 994px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Image_09-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Image_09-2.jpg 994w\" alt=\"Spirulina - Solitary filaments\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Spirulina2_SG.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 994px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Spirulina2_SG.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Spirulina2_SG.jpg 994w\" alt=\"Spirulina - Solitary filaments\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Image_02-4.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 994px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Image_02-4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Image_02-4.jpg 994w\" alt=\"Spirulina - Solitary filaments\" \/><br \/>\n<a id=\"cork\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310\" \n     src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cyanobacteria-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2023\/11\/Image_06AL.jpg\"\n     alt=\"Spirulina - Solitary filaments\" \n     style=\"width: 300px; height: auto;\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Found at:\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                               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