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Antimicrofouling activities of marine macroalga Dictyota dichotoma from the Red Sea
Other Title(s)
الأنشطة المضادة للحشف لأحد أنواع الطحالب البحرية (Dictyota dichotoma) من البحر الأحمر
Joint Authors
Qadi, Ala Arif Abd Allah
al-Shirbini, Muhsin Muhammad
Satheesh, Sathianeson
al-Sufyani, Abd al-Muhsin Abd Allah Makhsur
Bakdah, Muhammad Abd al-Aziz
Source
Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal
Issue
Vol. 23, Issue 1 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.58-67, 10 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Marine organisms produce a variety of secondary metabolites mainly for achieving the defence against the competitors and predators.
These compounds could be used as natural product antifoulants for the management of biofouling growth on marine structures.
To understand the antifouling defence strategies of marine macroalgae, the macroalga Dictyota dichotoma was collected from the Obhur Creek of Red Sea, Saudi Arabia and extracted using methanol.
Surface and total extraction methods were performed and tested against a bacterial strain isolated from the microfouling assemblages.
The extracts obtained from the macroalgal samples have strong antibacterial and antibiofilm activities against the bacterial strain isolated from the marine microfouling assemblages.
The percentage of growth varied significantly between the bacterial culture treated with extracts and control.
The total extracts showed strong bacterial growth inhibitory activities in culture plate method.
In microtitre plate assay, surface extract showed higher biofilm inhibitory activity than total extract.
GC-MS analysis indicated considerable variations in the metabolic profile of the surface and total extracts with higher number of compounds in the surface extract.
This study revealed the importance of surface-associated compounds in antifouling defence mechanism of the marine macroalgae
American Psychological Association (APA)
Qadi, Ala Arif Abd Allah& al-Shirbini, Muhsin Muhammad& al-Sufyani, Abd al-Muhsin Abd Allah Makhsur& Bakdah, Muhammad Abd al-Aziz& Satheesh, Sathianeson. 2018. Antimicrofouling activities of marine macroalga Dictyota dichotoma from the Red Sea. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal،Vol. 23, no. 1, pp.58-67.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Qadi, Ala Arif Abd Allah…[et al.]. Antimicrofouling activities of marine macroalga Dictyota dichotoma from the Red Sea. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal Vol. 23, no. 1 (2018), pp.58-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-853020
American Medical Association (AMA)
Qadi, Ala Arif Abd Allah& al-Shirbini, Muhsin Muhammad& al-Sufyani, Abd al-Muhsin Abd Allah Makhsur& Bakdah, Muhammad Abd al-Aziz& Satheesh, Sathianeson. Antimicrofouling activities of marine macroalga Dictyota dichotoma from the Red Sea. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal. 2018. Vol. 23, no. 1, pp.58-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-853020
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 65-67
Record ID
BIM-853020