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Inhibitory effect of Indian sponge extracts on bacterial strains and larval settlement of the barnacle, Balanus Amphitrite

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Title Inhibitory effect of Indian sponge extracts on bacterial strains and larval settlement of the barnacle, Balanus Amphitrite
 
Creator LimnaMol, V.P.
Raveendran, T.V.
Abhilash, K.R.
Parameswaran, P.S.
 
Subject Gulf of Mannar
Sponges
Fouling bacteria
Balanus amphitrite
Antifouling
 
Description The total ban imposed on TBT based antifouling paints, since 2008, has triggered the search for Natural Product Antifoulants (NPAs) as a promising alternative for the development of environmentally benign coatings. In view of this, thirty six species of sponges collected from the Gulf of Mannar, India, were screened for their inhibitory effect on fouling bacterial strains and cyprids of Balanus amphitrite. Of these, Fasciospongia cavernosa and Petrosia nigricans had high activity against the fouling bacteria and Iotrochota baculifera significantly inhibited larval settlement. Oceanapia fistulosa, Haliclona exigua and Haliclona cribricutis exhibited considerable activity against both bacterial strains as well as barnacle larvae. These observations indicate high prospects for isolation of effective NPAs from Indian sponges.
 
Date 2010-07-30T09:35:40Z
2010-07-30T09:35:40Z
2010
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, vol.64(6); 506-510
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http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3675
 
Language en
 
Relation Int_Biodeterior_Biodegrad_64_506.JPG
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2010] Elsevier
 
Publisher Elsevier