Antibacterial free fatty acids: activities, mechanisms of action and biotechnological potential

AP Desbois, VJ Smith - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2010 - Springer
Amongst the diverse and potent biological activities of free fatty acids (FFAs) is the ability to
kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria. The antibacterial properties of FFAs are used by many …

Diatom/copepod interactions in plankton: the indirect chemical defense of unicellular algae

G Pohnert - ChemBioChem, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous coexisting species can be observed in the open oceans. This includes the
complex community of the plankton, which comprises all free floating organisms in the sea …

A Fatty Acid from the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum is Antibacterial Against Diverse Bacteria Including Multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

AP Desbois, A Mearns-Spragg, VJ Smith - Marine biotechnology, 2009 - Springer
Pathogenic bacteria, such as multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which are
not susceptible to most conventional antibiotics, are causing increased concern in …

Progress in understanding algal bloom-mediated fish kills: the role of superoxide radicals, phycotoxins and fatty acids

JJ Dorantes-Aranda, A Seger, JI Mardones… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Quantification of the role of reactive oxygen species, phycotoxins and fatty acids in fish
toxicity by harmful marine microalgae remains inconclusive. An in vitro fish gill (from rainbow …

Isolation and Structure Determination of Algicidal Compounds from Ulva fasciata

MA Alamsjah, S Hirao, F Ishibashi… - Bioscience …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Thirty-seven species of seaweeds including 10 Chlorophyta, 13 Phaeophyta, and 14
Rhodophyta collected from the coast of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, were screened for …

Isolation of Two Anti-inflammatory and One Pro-inflammatory Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from the Brown Seaweed Undaria pinnatifida

MNA Khan, JY Cho, MC Lee, JY Kang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Two anti-inflammatory ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of stearidonic acid (SA) and
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and one pro-inflammatory ω-6 PUFA of arachidonic acid (AA) …

Fish gill damage by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella from Chilean fjords: Synergistic action of ROS and PUFA

JI Mardones, JJ Dorantes-Aranda, PD Nichols… - Harmful Algae, 2015 - Elsevier
Outbreaks of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella have caused significant economic
losses to the salmon industry in the south of Chile. However, the precise ichthyotoxic …

Cis-2-decenoic acid inhibits S. aureus growth and biofilm in vitro: a pilot study

JA Jennings, HS Courtney… - Clinical Orthopaedics and …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
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Related Research® Cis-2-decenoic Acid Inhibits S. aureus Growth and Biofilm In Vitro: A Pilot …

Toxin levels and profiles in microalgae from the North-Western Adriatic Sea—15 years of studies on cultured species

R Pistocchi, F Guerrini, L Pezzolesi, M Riccardi… - Marine Drugs, 2012 - mdpi.com
The Northern Adriatic Sea is the area of the Mediterranean Sea where eutrophication and
episodes related to harmful algae have occurred most frequently since the 1970s. In this …

Chemical interactions in diatoms: role of polyunsaturated aldehydes and precursors

J Leflaive, L Ten‐Hage - New Phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Chemicals produced by aquatic organisms, and especially micro‐organisms, have received
increasing attention in the last decade for their role in shaping interactions and communities …