Seaweeds as a promising resource for blue economy development in Tunisia: current state, opportunities, and challenges

L Ktari, L Chebil Ajjabi, O De Clerck… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Many western countries show an increased interest in using algae in several sectors such
as human food and animal feed, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, agriculture …

In vitro evaluation of antibiofilm activity of crude extracts from macroalgae against pathogens relevant in aquaculture

V Zammuto, MG Rizzo, A Spanò, G Genovese… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
The exploitation of macroalgal biomass could provide novel environment-friendly molecules
to prevent bacterial biofilm formation. Crude extracts, or polysaccharides, from the DNA …

Effects of crude polysaccharides from marine macroalgae on the adhesion and biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

V Zammuto, MG Rizzo, A Spano, D Spagnuolo… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine macroalgal biomass provides polysaccharides that could result in the valuable
transformation of waste into an economic resource. Crude extracts, or polysaccharides, from …

Small tropical islands as hotspots of crustose calcifying red algal diversity and endemism

MS Mills, ME Deinhart, MN Heagy… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the tropics, crustose calcifying red algae (Corallinophycidae and Peyssonneliales; CCRA)
are dominant and important reef builders that serve a suite of ecological functions affecting …

Structural characterization and rheological and antioxidant properties of novel polysaccharide from calcareous red seaweed

F Hentati, L Tounsi, G Pierre, M Barkallah, AV Ursu… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
A novel sulfated xylogalactan (JASX) was extracted and purified from the rhodophyceae
Jania adhaerens. JASX was characterized by chromatography (GC/MS-EI and SEC/MALLS) …

Screening on the presence of plant growth regulators in high biomass forming seaweeds from the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

D Spagnuolo, V Russo, A Manghisi, A Di Martino… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of seaweed as plant biostimulants is a solution for sustainable agriculture. The
present study aims to quantify and compare the presence of plant growth regulators (PGRs) …

Defense and protection of the marine coastal areas and human health: A case study of asbestos cement contamination (Italy)

R Somma, S Giacobbe, FP La Monica, ML Molino… - Geosciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pivotal environmental geology research was carried out in the protected area of Cape
Peloro (Messina, NE Sicily, Italy). The main aims were the ascertainment of the presence of …

The habitat-modifying red alga Ramicrusta on Pacific reefs: A new generic record for the Tropical Northwestern Pacific and the description of four new species from …

MS Mills, T Schils - PloS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The genus Ramicrusta (order Peyssonneliales) is a new record for Micronesia, with range
expansions of Ramicrusta fujiiana and R. lateralis to Guam. In addition, four species …

Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta). 1. Two New Species in the Genus Ramicrusta from Lehua Island1

AR Sherwood, MO Paiano, RM Wade, FC Cabrera… - Pacific Science, 2021 - BioOne
Two specimens of the crustose red algal genus Ramicrusta were collected off Lehua Island,
Hawai 'i, at 11 m and 49 m depth in September 2018, and are here described as new …

New records of Palisada tenerrima and Hincksia mitchelliae from the Maltese Islands revealed by molecular analysis

AG Bartolo, G Zammit… - Mediterranean …, 2022 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
We report two new algal records from the Maltese islands: Hincksia mitchelliae (=
Feldmannia mitchelliae)(Phaeophyceae) and Palisada tenerrima (Rhodophyceae). The …