Uso de Ascophyllum nodosum para o enraizamento de microestacas de eucalipto

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Irrigação e Drenagem) - FCA

Valorizzazione dell'A. Nodosum tramite tecniche di bioliquefazione: studio e caratterizzazione

Più volte nel corso dell’ ultimo secolo la ricerca si è concentrata sulle alghe brune come piante alimentari dalle quali poter ricavare diversi prodotti. L’obiettivo del presente elaborato è dimostrare come sia possibile valorizzare e caratterizzare l'Ascophyllum nodosum destrutturando il tessuto vegetale attraverso l'utilizzo di biocatalizzatori enzimatici, al fine di liberare composti di interesse specifici da utilizzare in vari ambiti dell'industria (cosmetica, alimentare, agronomica). I risultati rivelano che l’attività alginasica svolge un’importante ruolo nel rilascio di antiossidanti; infatti, la grande quantità di alginati, tipica delle alghe brune, determina il rilascio di componenti chimiche che presentano il maggior potere antiossidante.

[Perianal erythema in a child--group A streptococci?!]

Perianal streptococcal dermatitis is a common disease. The typical clinical picture includes perianal erythema, pruritus, painful defaecation and bloody stools. The diagnosis is made by a swab taken from the affected skin with bacterial culture. Therapy consists of penicillin for 10 days. Screening for affected persons in contact with the patient is indicated because perianal streptococcal dermatitis is known to be highly contagious. Relapse is common and therefore follow-up visits are recommended. In case of relapse, a first or second generation cephalosporin may be considered.

Recruitment of Ascophyllum Nodosum: Wave Action as a Source of Mortality

The brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum is a dominant rocky intertidal organism throughout much of the North Atlantic Ocean, yet its inability to colonize exposed or denuded shores is well recognized. Our experimental data show that wave action is a major source of mortality to recently settled zygotes. Artificially recruited zygotes consistently exhibited a Type IV survivorship curve in the presence of moving water. As few as 10, but often only 1 relatively low energy wave removed 85 to 99% of recently settled zygotes. Increasing the setting time for attachment of zygotes (prior to disturbance from water movement) had a positive effect on survival. However, survival was significantly lower at high densities, and decreased at long (24 h) setting times, probably as a result of bacteria on the surface of zygotes. Spatial refuges provided significant protection from gentle water movement but relatively little protection from waves.

Consumption rates of the periwinkle Littorina obtusata on the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum

Anti-herbivory defenses support persistence of seaweeds. Little is known, however, about temporal dynamics in the induction of grazer-deterrent seaweed traits. In two induction experiments, consumption rates of the periwinkle Littorina obtusata (L.) on the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis were measured in 3-d intervals. Changes in palatability of directly grazed A. nodosum were tested every 3 d with feeding assays using fresh and reconstituted seaweed pieces. Likewise, assays with fresh A. nodosum assessed changes in seaweed palatability in response to water-borne cues from nearby grazed conspecifics. Consumption rates of L. obtusata varied significantly during the 27-d induction phase of each experiment. Direct grazing by L. obtusata lowered palatability of fresh and reconstituted A. nodosum pieces to conspecific grazers after 15 d as well as after 6 and 12 d, respectively. After 12, 18, and 24 d, fresh A. nodosum located downstream of L. obtusata-grazed conspecifics was significantly less palatable than A. nodosum located downstream of ungrazed conspecifics. Changes in L. obtusata consumption rates and A. nodosum palatability during both induction experiments suggest temporal variation of grazer-deterrent responses, which may complicate experimental detection of inducible anti-herbivory defenses.