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ReviewMarine drugs2020

Ecological and Industrial Implications of Dynamic Seaweed-Associated Microbiota Interactions.

Farid Menaa, P A U I Wijesinghe, Gobika Thiripuranathar, Bushra Uzair, Haroon Iqbal, Barkat Ali Khan, Bouzid Menaa

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Review in Marine drugs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Harnessing the seaweed holobiont: antibacterial and antioxidant lead compounds from epiphytic microbiota.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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  6. A novel bacterial symbiont in the seaweedFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  7. Marine drugs · 2025
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  9. Changes in the Structure of the Bacterial Community Associated WithPlant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025
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  17. Extreme Biocatalysts: From Basic Research to Biotechnological Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Farid MenaaDepartment of Nanomedicine, California Innovations Corporation, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0258-7322
P A U I WijesingheCollege of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Rajagiriya 10107, Sri Lanka.
Gobika ThiripuranatharCollege of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Rajagiriya 10107, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-0904-9519
Bushra UzairDepartment of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2181-6378
Haroon IqbalDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Barkat Ali KhanDepartment of Pharmacy, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan 29050, Pakistan.
Bouzid MenaaDepartment of Nanomedicine, California Innovations Corporation, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seaweeds are broadly distributed and represent an important source of secondary metabolites (e.g., halogenated compounds, polyphenols) eliciting various pharmacological activities and playing a relevant ecological role in the anti-epibiosis. Importantly, host (as known as basibiont such as algae)-microbe (as known as epibiont such as bacteria) interaction (as known as halobiont) is a driving force for coevolution in the marine environment. Nevertheless, halobionts may be fundamental (harmless) or detrimental (harmful) to the functioning of the host. In addition to biotic factors, abiotic factors (e.g., pH, salinity, temperature, nutrients) regulate halobionts. Spatiotemporal and functional exploration of such dynamic interactions appear crucial. Indeed, environmental stress in a constantly changing ocean may disturb complex mutualistic relations, through mechanisms involving host chemical defense strategies (e.g., secretion of secondary metabolites and antifouling chemicals by quorum sensing). It is worth mentioning that many of bioactive compounds, such as terpenoids, previously attributed to macroalgae are in fact produced or metabolized by their associated microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites). Eventually, recent metagenomics analyses suggest that microbes may have acquired seaweed associated genes because of increased seaweed in diets. This article retrospectively reviews pertinent studies on the spatiotemporal and functional seaweed-associated microbiota interactions which can lead to the production of bioactive compounds with high antifouling, theranostic, and biotechnological potential.

Indexed as

EcologyIndustryMicrobiotaAnimalsHumansSeaweedbasibiontbiofilm disruptionenvironmental stressepibiosisfoulingholobiontmicrobiomequorum sensingseaweedssecondary metabolites

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PMID33327517
PMCPMC7764995

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