Iyini ngempela i-Spirulina, le nto ephilayo emangalisayo eyaziwa ngokuthi "iNkosi Yokudla Okune-Alkaline"?
I-Spirulina ingeyesigaba sama-prokaryote aphansi, into encane ekhula ngokuyinhloko emachibini ane-alkali ezindaweni ezishisayo. Ubukhulu bayo obuncane kanye nokwakheka kwayo okuyingqayizivele, umzimba wayo oyisilinda ogobile, ufana nentwasahlobo entekenteke yewashi. Lolu lwelwe olumangalisayo ludabuka emachibini ane-alkaline ezindaweni ezishisayo njengeMexico neChad eCentral Africa, futhi seludliwe izakhamuzi zendawo izizukulwane ngezizukulwane.
Kunezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-35 ezaziwayo ze-Spirulina. I-Spirulina ingakhula emanzini ahlanzekile namanzi anosawoti, kanti izinhlobo ezivame ukutshalwa zihlanganisa i-Spirulina platensis kanye ne-Spirulina maxima. Kulokhu, i-Spirulina platensis iyona etshalwa kakhulu. Okwamanje,{4}kutshalwa ngezinga elikhulu ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Izinhlobo eziyinhloko zihlanganisa i-Spirulina platensis, i-Spirulina maxima, ne-Spirulina indica.
