Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
CHO a Protein Amino Acid Lipid
18.0
1.8
1.7
12.5
a Carbohydrate.
Minerals (µg/ml)
Ca
Mn
Fe
Zn
Ni
Mg
29.0 344.4 4641 137.5 13.0 18,494
Source: Data from Rajeshwari and
Rajashekhar (2011).
Synechococcus elongatus (Nägeli) Nägeli 1849
Order: Synechococcales
Family: Synechococcaceae
Common name: Not available.
Distribution: North America, Southwest Asia (Israel and Pakistan), Asia:
China (AlgaeBase).
Habitat: Freshwater/terrestrial species.
Description: This species has a rodshaped appearance, is unicellular, and
may appear in the environment as isolated, paired, linearly connected, or in
small clusters. It is a Gram-negative cell
measuring 0.6 and 1.6 µm in size, with
an inner and an outer cell membrane
enveloping a cell wall. This cyanobacterium is able to swim or glide despite
lacking flagella or cilia. It moves in a
wave-like manner, and this movement
is possibly accomplished via projections from the cell surface.
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Protein
CHO a
Lipids
63
15
11
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Becker (2006).