Bioactive Potential of Two Marine Picocyanobacteria Belonging to Cyanobium and Synechococcus Genera.

ABSTRACT: Coccoid cyanobacteria produce a great variety of secondary metabolites, which may have useful properties, such as antibacterial, antiviral, anticoagulant or anticancer activities. These cyanobacterial metabolites have high ecological significance, and they could be considered responsible for the widespread occurrence of these microorganisms. Considering the great benefit derived from the identification of competent cyanobacteria for the extraction of bioactive compounds, two strains of picocyanobacteria (coccoid cyanobacteria < 3 µm) (Cyanobium sp. ITAC108 and Synechococcus sp. ITAC107) isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Petrosia ficiformis were analyzed. The biological effects of organic and aqueous extracts from these picocyanobacteria toward the nauplii of Artemia salina, sea u

SUBMITTER: Pagliara P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8537962 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature