Discolored red seaweed Pyropia yezoensis with low commercial value is a novel resource for production of agar polysaccharides
Discolored red seaweed Pyropia yezoensis with low commercial value is a novel resource for production of agar polysaccharides
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商业价值低的变色红藻Pyropia yezoensis是生产琼脂多糖的新资源
DOI:
10.1007/s10126-018-9823-7
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发表时间:
2018
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作者:
Sasuga;K.;Yamanashi;T.;Nakayama;S.;Ono;S. and Mikami;K.
The red seaweedPyropia yezoensishas been demonstrated to be a novel resource for the production of high-quality agar.P. yezoensisis grown for the food industry in large-scale Japanese mariculture operations. However, discoloredP. yezoensisis mostly discarded as an industrial waste, although it has some kind of utility values. Here, we evaluated the utility of discoloredP. yezoensisas a resource for agar production. The quality of agar from the discolored seaweed was comparable to that from normal seaweed. In addition, as a distinguishing characteristic, agar yield was higher from discolored seaweeds than from normal types. Moreover, we successfully used agar from discoloredP. yezoensisfor bacterial plate media and DNA electrophoresis gels without agarose purification. Thus, our results demonstrate that discoloredP. yezoensisis suitable for agar production and use in life science research. Diverting discoloredP. yezoensisfrom disposal to agar production provides a solution to the current industrial waste problem in mariculture, as well as a secure source of agar for research purposes.