Spirulina is a planktonic blue green algae found growing in fresh water bodies, sewages etc. it consists of a unicellular trichrome’ which is helically or spirally twisted and hence the name Spirulina.
Each cell is typically cyanophyceae and is bounded by the cell wall enclosing the protoplasm and is differentiated in to outer pigmented chromoplasm consisting of the pigment phycocyanin and chlorophyll which give the green colour to the algae . The inner centroplasm consists of the incipient nucleus.
Reserved food materials such as cyanophytin starch, cyanophytin granules (protein) and oil globules are present in the cytoplasm
Reproduction occurs by cell division or fragmentation of the filaments.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
Spirulina is excellent source of protein .vitamins and minerals, hence can be consumed as s food supplement (single cell protein) .it is also used as an animal feed due to its nutritional value.
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