Natural antifouling compound production by microbes associated with marine macroorganisms — A review
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- 作者：Sathianeson Satheesh ; ssathianeson@kau.edu.sa" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; satheesh_s2005@yahoo.co.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Mohammad Abdulaziz Ba-akdah ; Abdulmohsin A. Al-Sofyani
- 关键词：Antifouling ; Biofouling ; Bioactive compounds ; Marine biotechnology ; Marine microbes
- 刊名：Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：21
- 期：Complete
- 页码：26-35
- 全文大小：1478 K
文摘
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.