A comparative analysis of agarans from commercial species of Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) grown in vitro

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 398-399, Issue , 1999, Pages 397-400

  Macchiavello, Juan ^a   Saito, Rosa ^b   Garófalo, Gracinda ^b   Oliveira, Eurico C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3,6 Anhydrogalactopyranose; Agar; Agarans; Brazil; Gracilaria; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

3,6 ANHYDROGALACTOPYRANOSE; ALGA GROWTH; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHILE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NAMIBIA; PLANT YIELD; SULFATE;

AGAR; ALGAL CULTURE; RED ALGA; YIELD;

ALGAE; AVES; CAUDATA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA CAUDATA; GRACILARIA CHILENSIS; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 6544294050     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4449-0_47     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (27)

1. Armisen, R., 1995. World-wide use and importance of Gracilaria. J. appl. Phycol. 7: 231-243.
2. Avila, M. & M. Seguel, 1993. An overview of seaweeds resources in Chile. J. appl. Phycol. 5: 133-139.
3. Bird, C. J. & J. M. Kain, 1995. Recommended names of included species of Gracilariaceae. J. appl. Phycol. 7: 335-338.
4. Bird, C. J., J. P. van der Meer & J. McLachlan , 1982. A comment on Gracilaria verrucosa (Huds.) Papenf. (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales). J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 62: 453-459.
5. Bird, C. J., M. A. Ragan, A. T. Critchley, E. L. Rice & R. R. Gutell, 1994. Molecular relationship among the Gracilariaceae (Rhodophyta): further observations on some undetermined species. Eur. J. Phycol. 29: 195-202.
6. Câmara Neto, C., 1987. Seaweed culture in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Hydrobiology 151/152: 363-367.
7. Chiang, Y.-M., 1981. Cultivation of Gracilaria (Rhodophycophyta, Gigartinales) in Taiwan. Proc. int. Seaweed Symp. 10: 569-574.
8. Craigie J. S., 1990. Cell walls. In Cole K. M. & Sheath R. G. (eds), Biology of the Red Algae, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 221-257.
9. Craigie J. S. & C. Leigh, 1978. Carrageenans and agars. In Hellebust, J. A. & J. S. Craigie (eds), Handbook of Phycological Methods. Physiological and Biochemical Methods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 109-131.
10. Craigie J. S. & Z. C. Wen, 1984. Effects of temperature and tissue age on gel strength and composition of agar from Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyceae). Can. J. Bot. 62: 1665-1670.
11. Dawes, C. J., 1995. Suspended cultivation of Gracilaria in the sea. J. appl. Phycol. 7: 303-313.
12. Lopez-Bautista, J. & D. F. Kapraun, 1995. Agar analysis, nuclear genome quantification and characterization of four agarophytes (Gracilaria) from the Mexican Gulf coast. J. appl. Phycol. 7: 351-357.
13. Macchiavello, J. E., 1994. Tolerância fisiológica e características do ágar de cinco espécies de Gracilaria (Rhodophyta - Gracilariales). Ph.D. thesis, University of São Paulo, São Paulo: 96 pp.
14. Matsuhiro. B. & C. C. Urzúa, 1990. Agars from Gracilaria chilensis (Gracilariales). J. appl. Phycol. 2: 273-279.
15. Minghou J., M. Lahaye & W. Yaphe, 1985. Structure of agar from Gracilaria spp. (Rhodophyta) collected in the People's Republic of China. Bot. mar. 28: 521-528.
16. Murano, E., 1995. Chemical structure and quality of agars from Gracilaria. J. appl. Phycol. 7: 245-254.
17. Oliveira, E. C., 1988. The cultivation of phycocolloid-producing seaweeds in the American Atlantic. Gayana 45: 55-60.
18. Oliveira, E. C. & E. M. Plastino, 1994. Gracilariaceae. In Akatsuka, I. (ed.), Biology of Economic Algae. SBP Academic Publishing, The Hague: 185-226.
19. Oliveira, E. C., E. J. Paula, E. M. Plastino & R. Petti, 1995. Metodologias para cultivos no axenicos de macroalgas marinas in vitro. In Alveal K., M. E. Ferrario, E. C. Oliveira & E. Sar (eds), Manual de Métodos Ficolögicos. Universidad de Conceptión, Concepción: 429-448.
20. Plastino, E. M. & E. C. Oliveira, 1989. Crossing experiments as an aid to the taxonomic recognition of the agarophyte Gracilaria. In Oliveira, E. C., & N. Kautsky (eds), Cultivation of Seaweeds in Latin America, Univ. São Paulo, São Paulo: 127-133.
21. Plastino, E. M. & E. C. Oliveira, 1997. Gracilaria caudata J. Agardh (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) - restoring and old name for a common western Atlantic alga. Phycologia 36: 225-232.
22. Rebello, J., M. Ohno, A. T. Critchley & M. Sawamura, 1996. Growth rates and agar quality of Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft from Namibia, southern Africa. Bot. mar. 39: 272-279.
23. Rebello, J., M. Ohno, H. Ukeda, H. Kusunose & M. M. Sawamura, 1997. 3,6-anhydrogalactose, sulfate and methoxyl contents of commercial agarophytes from different geographical origins. J. appl. Phycol. 9: 367-370.
24. Rice, E. L. & C. J. Bird, 1990. Relationships among geographically distant populations of Gracilaria verrucosa (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) and related species. Phycologia 29: 501-510.
25. Rincones, R. E., J. N. Rubio & E. C. Racca, 1992. Gracilaria pilot farming in Venezuela. In Mshigeni K. E., J. Bolton, A. Critchley & G. Kiangi (eds), Proceedings of the First International Sustainable Seaweed Resource Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Windhoek, Namibia: 309-318.
26. Smith, A., 1992. Seaweed cultivation in the West Indies. In Mshigeni, K. E., J. Bolton, A. Critchley & G. Kiangi (eds), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Sustainable Seaweed Resource Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Windhoek, Namibia: 337-351.
27. Yaphe, W & G. P. Arsenault, 1965. Improved resorcinol reagent for the determination of fructose, and 3,6-anhydrogalactose in polysaccharides. Analyt. Biochem. 13: 143-148.