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Transcriptomic analysis of the red seaweed Laurencia dendroidea (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) and its microbiome
BackgroundSeaweeds of the Laurencia genus have a broad geographic distribution and are largely recognized as important sources of secondary...
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Volatile halocarbon emissions by three tropical brown seaweeds under different irradiances
The emission rates of eight volatile halogenated compounds by three tropical brown seaweed species collected from Cape Rachado, west coast Peninsular...
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Seaweed Responses to Environmental Stress: Reactive Oxygen and Antioxidative Strategies
Oxygen radicals are inevitably produced in the metabolism. In plants, as seaweeds, a major source for oxygen radical formation is photosynthesis, in...
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Mechanisms of Halogenation of Marine Secondary Metabolites
Chemical halogenation often requires harsh reaction conditions and results in unwanted by-product formation. It is thus of great interest to...
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The Chemistry of Marine Algae and Cyanobacteria
This chapter reviews the major metabolic themes that are characteristic of the prominent groups of marine algae and cyanobacteria. The taxonomic...
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Efficient purification with high recovery of vanadium bromoperoxidase from Corallina officinalis
A novel, simple and highly efficient process for purifying vanadium bromoperoxidase from Corallina officinalis is reported. The key innovation is...
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Hydrogen Peroxide Degradation in Cyanobacteria
By opening the era of an aerobic, oxygen-containing biosphere cyanobacteria are the true pace-makers of geological and biological evolution. They...
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Halogenated Organic Compounds – Carbon-Halogen Bond Formation
Microorganisms are significant producers of halogenated natural products. Our understanding of the enzymatic mechanisms responsible for the...
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Global expression analysis of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus (Phaeophyceae) reveals large-scale reprogramming of the transcriptome in response to abiotic stress
BackgroundBrown algae (Phaeophyceae) are phylogenetically distant from red and green algae and an important component of the coastal ecosystem. They...
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Vanadium-dependent bromoperoxidases from Gracilaria algae
Red algae from the Gulf of Thailand were examined for haloperoxidatic activity. Six species, Gracilaria changii, G. edulis, G. firma, G. fisheri, G....
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Supplemental effect of Porphyra spheroplasts on the growth and feed utilization of black sea bream
A 56-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of Porphyra spheroplasts (PS) as a feed additive on growth, carcass composition and feed...
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Complexation of oxoanions and cationic metals by the biscatecholate siderophore azotochelin
Azotochelin is a biscatecholate siderophore produced by the nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii . The complexation properties of...
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High occurrences of brominated lipid fatty acids in boreal sponges of the order Halichondrida
Sponges of warm- and temperate- but also cold-waters are known to synthesize structurally diverse primary and secondary metabolites. These compounds...
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Vanadium-dependent iodoperoxidases in Laminaria digitata, a novel biochemical function diverging from brown algal bromoperoxidases
The brown alga Laminaria digitata features a distinct vanadium-dependent iodoperoxidase (vIPO) activity, which has been purified to electrophoretic...
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Immobilization of chloroperoxidase from Serratia marcescens in semi-permeable protein membranes
A method for the immobilization of chloroperoxidase from the bacterial strain Serratia marcescens in semi-permeable membranes was developed based on...
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Marine Halogenated Natural Products of Environmental Relevance
Polyhalogenated compounds have been used for industrial and agricultural applications for some 50 years.Variations in the degree of halogenation can...
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Terpenoids from Marine Organisms: Unique Structures and their Pharmacological Potential
Marine organisms produce a wide array of fascinating terpenoid structures distinguished by characteristic structural features. Certain structural...