While copepods are important prey for many wild marine fish larvae and preferred as a live feed culturing larval fish, their low productivity the costs associated with them typically limit use food source in all but experimental situations. In series of experiments four readily commercially available microalgae (Thalassiosira weissflogii Grunow, Rhodomonas salina Wislouch, Tetraselmis suecica K...

Starting microalgae continuous culture generally includes a preliminary batch culture to obtain sufficient cell density. It is possible to apply continuous regime from the beginning of the culture (IC mode) rather than to begin by an initial batch (IB mode). It is our purpose to check that both initial modes lead to identical steady-state cell characteristics. The microalga Isochrysis galbana a...

Chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis have a significant impact on society. Currently, the major topical treatments have many side effects, making their continued use in patients difficult. Microalgae have emerged as a source of bio-active molecules such as glycolipids with potent anti-inflammatory properties. We aimed to investigate the effects of a glycolipid (MGMG-A) and a gly...

K. Nuño, A. Villarruel-López, A.M. Puebla-Pérez, E. Romero-Velarde, A.G. Puebla-Mora, F. Ascencio* Unidad de Patologı́a Marina, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Mar Bermejo 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, 23096 La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico Departamento de Farmacobiologı́a, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierı́as, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mex...

Brown tides of Aureococcus anophagefferens occur in shallow mid-Atlantic bays in the USA and attain peak summer densities of ~1000 to 2800 cells μl–1. Blooms coincide with the period of spawning and planktotrophic larval development of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria, a commercially important bivalve in the region. This laboratory study investigates the effects of A. anophagefferens (toxic ...