Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (8): 28-33.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2016.08.005

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Research Progress on the Morphology of Spirulina

WANG Fu-shuang,DONG Shi-rui, WANG Su-ying   

  1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Biotechnology,College of Biotechnology and Food Science,Tianjin University of Commerce,Tianjin 300134
  • Revised:2015-09-24 Online:2016-08-25 Published:2016-08-25

Abstract: The changes in the morphology of Spirulina indicate the decline of the species,which causes the production reduced and the collection of them not easy. At the same time,the easy variations on morphology of Spirulina has increased the difficulty of classifying and identifying it. Therefore,it is important to study the formation mechanism of Spirulina morphology from the aspect of the application prospect of it. This paper reviewed the latest progress on the formation of the Spirulina morphology,summarized the effects of light,temperature,pH,etc. on the morphology of Spirulina,preliminarily analyzed the formation mechanism of Spirulina,and prospected the application of novel proteomics and genomics technologies in studying the formation mechanism of Spirulina in different conditions.

Key words: Spirulina, morphology, proteome, genome