Exploring Seaweed-Associated Marine Microbes: Growth Impacts and Enzymatic Potential for Sustainable Resource Utilization.

ABSTRACT: Seaweed, a valuable marine resource widely cultivated worldwide, can be vulnerable to stress and microbiome alterations, resulting in the decay of seaweeds and substantial economic losses. To investigate the seaweed-microbiome interaction, our study aimed to isolate marine bacteria and fungi that can cause Ice-Ice disease and evaluate their enzymatic characteristics for potential application in bioethanol production from seaweed biomass. Three red seaweed species (Gracilaria edulis, Kappaphycus alvarezii, and Eucheuma cottonii) were obtained for our study and placed in separate culture tanks. Among the 18 isolated marine microbial species, 12 tested positive for agar and carrageenan activity: six exhibited both activities, three displayed only agar activity, and three

SUBMITTER: Saravanan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11246340 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature