A multi-bioassay integrated approach to assess antifouling potential of extracts from the Mediterranean sponge Ircinia oros.

ABSTRACT: The phylum Porifera and their symbionts produce a wide variety of bioactive compounds, playing a central role in their ecology and evolution. In this study, four different extracts (obtained by non-polar and semi-polar extraction methodologies) of the Mediterranean sponge Ircinia oros were tested through a multi-bioassay integrated approach to assess their antifouling potential. Tests were performed using three common species, associated with three different endpoints: the marine bacterium Aliivibrio fischeri (inhibition of bioluminescence), the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (inhibition of growth), and different development stages of the brackish water serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus (gametes: sperm motion, vitality inhibition and cellular damage; larvae: development; adults: AC

SUBMITTER: De Marchi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8724186 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature