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  • Title: The ultrastructure of Spirulina platensis in relation to temperature and light intensity.
    Author: van Eykelenburg C.
    Journal: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek; 1979; 45(3):369-90. PubMed ID: 233414.
    Abstract:
    The ultrastructure of Spirulina platensis, a cyanobacterium with a helical morphology, has been studied in relation to temperature and light intensity. An increase in temperature gives rise to a more tightly coiled trichome, an increase in sheath material formation and a decrease in cyanophycin (above 17 degrees C) and polyglucan (above 20 degrees C) granule concentration. An increase in light intensity leads to an increase in gas vesicle concentration while the phycobilisome content decreases. Furthermore, cylindrica bodies have been observed with a somewhat different ultrastructure from those found in other species of cyanobacteria. The occurrence, size and ultrastructure of polyhedral bodies, photosynthetic lamellae, mesosomes, lipid deposits and an unknown kidney-shaped inclusion in relation to temperature and light intensity are described.
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