Exposure to the shortest wavelengths in sunlight, ultraviolet light, constitutes a deleterious
ecological factor for many microorganisms. The use of secondary metabolites as sunscreens …

Human skin is constantly exposed to damaging ultraviolet radiation (UVR), which induces a
number of acute and chronic disorders. To reduce the risk of UV-induced skin injury, people …

Taxonomically diverse marine, freshwater and terrestrial organisms have evolved the
capacity to synthesize, accumulate and metabolize a variety of UV-absorbing substances …

A community ecology approach to the study of the most common group of zooxanthellae,
dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium, was applied to symbiotic invertebrate …

▪ Abstract Organisms living in clear, shallow water are exposed to the damaging
wavelengths of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) coincident with the longer wavelengths of …

The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions from 47 Symbiodinium (Freudenthal) isolates
cultured from 34 different host species and two populations sampled from nature were …

Ultraviolet UV-A and UV-B radiation is harmful to living systems, causing damage to
biological macromolecules. An important strategy for dealing with UV exposure is the …

Mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are low-molecular-weight water-
soluble molecules absorbing UV radiation in the wavelength range 310–365 nm. They are …

Several standard in vitro assays were performed in order to determine the potential
antioxidant capabilities of purified aqueous extracts of the mycosporine-like amino acids …

Abstract Background The marine dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium, is a well-known
photosynthetic partner for coral and other diverse, non-photosynthetic hosts in subtropical …