DEFINITION

Spirulina consists of the dried, whole, blue-green microalgae Arthrospira platensis (Nordstedt) Gomont, synonym Spirulina platensis (Nordstedt) Geitler; Arthrospira maxima Setchell & Gardner, synonym Spirulina maxima (Setchell & Gardner) Geitler in Rabenhorst (illegitimate); or Arthrospira fusiformis (Voronichin) J. Komarek & J.W.G. Lund, synonym Spirulina fusiformis Voronichin.