Spirulina may refer to:
Biology
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''Spirulina'' (genus), a genus of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
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Spirulina (dietary supplement)
Spirulina is the dried biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals. The three species are '' Arthrospira platensis'', ''A. fusiformis'', and ''A. maxima''. Recent research has further moved all these spec ...
, a cyanobacterium product and biomass that can be consumed by humans and other animals
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Arthrospira
''Arthrospira'' and ''Limnospira'' are two genera of free-floating filamentous cyanobacteria characterized by cylindrical, multicellular trichomes in an open left-hand helix. A dietary supplement is made from ''L. platensis'' and ''L. maxima' ...
'', a genus of cyanobacteria closely related to the ''Spirulina'' genus, with three species that make up the above dietary supplement, despite its name
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Spirulina (suborder), a group of cephalopods
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Spirula'', the only extant member of that suborder
See also
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Spiralinella'', a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks
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Spirolina'', a genus of foraminifera in the family Peneroplidae
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