Arthrospira
| Arthrospira | |
|---|---|
| Several colonies (trichomes) of Arthrospira jenneri[2] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteriota |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Oscillatoriales |
| Family: | Microcoleaceae |
| Genus: | Sitzenberger ex Gomont, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Arthrospira jenneri | |
| Species | |
Dubious pending phylogenetic data:
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Arthrospira is a genus of free-floating filamentous cyanobacteria characterized by cylindrical, multicellular trichomes in an open left-hand helix. It was originally proposed in 1892 and went through a period of disuse between 1932 and 1974 due to an error perpetuated by Geitler.[3] It contained the cultivated species used for producing spirulina until 2019, when it was found that the sequence of the type species A. jeneri was only distantly related to the cultivated species with several established genera in between, causing a new genus Limnospira to be created for them.[4][2]
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- ^ a b Nowicka-Krawczyk, Paulina; Mühlsteinová, Radka; Hauer, Tomáš (2019-01-24). "Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria)". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 694. Bibcode:2019NatSR...9..694N. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36831-0. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6345927. PMID 30679537.
- ^ Siva Kiran, RR; Madhu, GM; Satyanarayana, SV (2016). "Spirulina in combating Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) and Protein Energy Wasting (PEW) - A review". Journal of Nutrition Research. 3 (1): 62–79. doi:10.55289/jnutres/v3i1.5.
- ^ Pinchart, Pierre-Etienne; Marter, Pia; Brinkmann, Henner; Quilichini, Yann; Mysara, Mohamed; Petersen, Jörn; Pasqualini, Vanina; Mastroleo, Felice (September 2024). "The genus Limnospira contains only two species, both unable to produce microcystins: L. maxima and L. platensis". iScience. 27 (9): 110845. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.110845. PMC 11407035. PMID 39290841.