Natural antifouling compound production by microbes associated with marine macroorganisms: A review
Electron. j. biotechnol
; 19(3): 26-35, May 2016. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-787012
Responsible library:
CL1.1
ABSTRACT
In the marine environment, all hard surfaces including marine macroorganims are colonized by microorganisms mainly from the surrounding environment. The microorganisms associated with marine macroorganisms offer tremendous potential for exploitation of bioactive metabolites. Biofouling is a continuous problem in marine sectors which needs huge economy for control and cleaning processes. Biotechnological way for searching natural product antifouling compounds gained momentum in recent years because of the environmental pollution associated with the use of toxic chemicals to control biofouling. While, natural product based antifoulants from marine organisms particularly sponges and corals attained significance due to their activities in field assays, collection of larger amount of organisms from the sea is not a viable one. The microorganisms associated with sponges, corals, ascidians, seaweeds and seagrasses showed strong antimicrobial and also antifouling activities. This review highlights the advances in natural product antifoulants research from microbes associated with marine organisms.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Target 3.9: Reduce the amount of deaths produced by dangerous chemicals and the pollution of the air, water and soil
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Bacteria
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Biological Products
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Biofouling
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Aquatic Organisms
Type of study:
Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Electron. j. biotechnol
Journal subject:
Biotechnology
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Saudi Arabia
Institution/Affiliation country:
King Abdulaziz University/SA