A total of ten seaweeds and four seagrasses were used in the present investigation to study the effect of crude methanol extracts on anti-biofilm activity using a microtiter-plate and anti-larval settlement assay using cyprids of barnacle Balanus amphitrite. Of these fourteen species tested, seagrass Halophila ovalis showed noticeable anti-biofilm activity against Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio...

Traffic-related air pollution is one of the most relevant environmental problems in urban areas. Several cryptogams (i.e., lichens and mosses) vascular species have been employed to monitor since they allow assessment quality a large number sampling sites simultaneously at low cost. In cities, vehicle emissions are frequently major source along with residential energy (for cooking heating), ind...

Marchantia polymorpha is an extant relative of the earliest terrestrial plants and has attracted a substantial interest as a model organism for evolutionary and developmental studies. Given its relatively simple genome, compact gene families, simple morphology, ease of propagation and transformation, M. polymorpha is becoming a promising platform for plant synthetic biology. Modular genetic par...

The extract of the Nigerian lichen Ramalina farinacea showed inhibitory activity against the respiratory syncytial virus in a preliminary assay. A follow-up chemical investigation of this lichen led to the isolation of thirteen phenolic compounds (1-13), including one new hydroquinone depside, designated 5-hydroxysekikaic acid (1), and one new orsellinic acid derivative, 2,3-dihydroxy-4-methoxy...