Profiling the cell walls of seagrasses from A (Amphibolis) to Z (Zostera).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The polyphyletic group of seagrasses shows an evolutionary history from early monocotyledonous land plants to the marine environment. Seagrasses form important coastal ecosystems worldwide and large amounts of seagrass detritus washed on beaches might also be valuable bioeconomical resources. Despite this importance and potential, little is known about adaptation of these angiosperms to the marine environment and their cell walls.

Results

We investigated polysaccharide composition of nine seagrass species from the Mediterranean, Red Sea and eastern Indian Ocean. Sequential extraction revealed a similar seagrass cell wall polysaccharide composition to terrestrial angiosperms: arabinogalactans, pectins and different hemicelluloses, especially xylans and/or xylogluca

SUBMITTER: Pfeifer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8815203 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature