REVIEW ON CULTIVATION OF SPIRULINA PLATENSIS AND ITS BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION

Microbiology

Spirulina it is used as human Food as an important source of protein and is collected from natural water, dried and eaten. It has gained Considerable popularity in the human health food industry and in many countries of Asia it is used as Protein supplement and as human health food. Spirulina has been used as a complementary dietary Ingredient of feed for poultry and increasingly as a protein and vitamin supplement. Spirulina appears to have considerable potential for development, for Nutritional enhancement, livelihood development and environmental mitigation. Spirulina platensis, a multicellular, photosynthetic prokaryote (algae) contains a high amount of proteins, vitamins as e.g. soybeans. A photosynthesizing microorganism culture, like Spirulina platensis, can be an alternative source of protein for human food and feed purposes, with the possibility of obtaining other products like pigments (carotenoids, phycocyanin and chlorophyll), vitamins and lipids. The biomass obtained can be introduced directly in the diet and it can also be used in cases of malnutrition. The influence of inoculum age in S. platensis cultivation in mini-tanks and low cost medium using seawater was developed for the cultivation of an economically important cyanobacterium Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis. After the determination of the best inoculum age, a study of the influence of inoculum concentration in mini-tanks cultivation was performed. The versatile utilization of the alga can be explained on the one hand with the nutrient levels and on the other hand with recognized effects as anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory substance.

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