Large‐scale seaweed cultivation has been instrumental in globalizing the seaweed industry
since the 1950s. The domestication of seaweed cultivars (begun in the 1940s) ended the …

Seaweeds have been used as a food for centuries in Asia and are increasingly exploited as
a source for dietary supplements, animal feed, chemicals, and biofuels. In recent years …

We review research from the last 40 yr on macroalgal–bacterial interactions. Marine
macroalgae have been challenged throughout their evolution by microorganisms and have …

Macroalgae are important ecosystem engineers in temperate marine waters. The function of
macroalgae is intimately linked to the composition and structure of their epibiotic bacterial …

The gracilarioid red algae (Gracilaria, Gracilariopsis, and Polycavernosa) are the basis of a
worldwide, multimillion-dollar industry, mainly associated with the production of agar, a …

Elicitation of Gracilaria conferta (Schousboe ex Montagne) J. et G. Feldmann with oligoagars
resulted in a defense response that was strong enough to kill epiphytic bacteria associated …

During an occurrence of Hole-Rotten Disease of Laminaria japonica in a cultivating farm in
Ma Shan Shandong province, China, 42 Gram-negative epiphytic marine bacteria were …

Aims: Isolation and characterization of an agarase‐producing bacterium Agarivorans sp.
HZ105. Methods and Results: An agarase‐producing bacterium strain HZ105 had been …

Inorganic nutrient application in Kappaphycus seaweed farming has been a practice in the
southern Philippines for the past years. To investigate the inorganic nutrient's influence on …

Gracilaria species are an important source of agar. The South African Gracilaria industry has
experienced a number of setbacks over the last decade in the form of complete or partial die …