Found 9 strains in the SAG-DB containing "spirulina"
(Click on a strain number to get more detailed information for a particular strain)
| Image | Strain Number | Genus | Species | Authority | Former Name | Division | Class | Authentic | Medium | Axenic | Locality | Sequence available |
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31.96 | Arthrospira | massartii | Kufferath | Spirulina massartii (Kufferath) Geitler | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | WC | bacterial or other types of contamination | Vietnam, bloom in freshwater pond in Hanoi, together with Microcystis and green algae | ☐ | ☐ |
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49.88 | Arthrospira | maxima | Setchell et Gardner | Spirulina maxima (Setchell et Gardner) Geitler | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | Spirul | bacterial or other types of contamination | Italy, | ☑ | ☐ |
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21.99 | Arthrospira | platensis | (Nordstedt) Gomont | Spirulina platensis (Nordstedt) Geitler | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | Spirul | bacterial or other types of contamination | Namibia, Walfishbay, Lagune | ☑ | ☑ |
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257.80 | Arthrospira | platensis | (Nordstedt) Gomont | Spirulina platensis (Nordstedt) Geitler | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | Spirul | bacterial or other types of contamination | Peru, Dpto. Ica, Laguna Huacachina | ☑ | ☐ |
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85.79 | Arthrospira | platensis | (Nordstedt) Gomont | Spirulina platensis (Nordstedt) Geitler | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | Spirul | bacterial or other types of contamination | Chad, natron lake | ☑ | ☑ |
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86.79 | Arthrospira | platensis | (Nordstedt) Gomont | Spirulina platensis (Nordstedt) Geitler | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | Spirul | bacterial or other types of contamination | Chad, natron lake | ☑ | ☐ |
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59.90 | Spirulina | labyrinthiformis | Gomont | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | 1/2SWES | bacterial or other types of contamination | France, Corsica, Calvi, quai-walls of harbour, 1.5 m depth, on Cladophora prolifera, marine | ☑ | ☐ | |
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256.80 | Spirulina | laxissima | G.S. West | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | Spirul | bacterial or other types of contamination | Kenya, Lake Nakuru, natron lake | ☑ | ☐ | |
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1475-2 | Spirulina | subsalsa | Oerstedt ex Gomont | S. versicolor | Cyanobacteria | Cyanophyceae | no | 1/2SWES | bacterial and fungal contaminations | United Kingdom, from marine Cladophora, brackish | ☐ | ☐ |