Anti-fouling activity and toxicity of the Mediterranean alien sponge Paraleucilla magna Klautau, Monteiro & Borojevic, 2004 (Porifera, Calcarea)

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Caterina Longo¹  Roberta Trani¹  Carlotta Nonnis Marzano¹  Maria Mercurio¹  Tamara Lazic¹  Pietro Cotugno¹  Erika Santobianchi³  Maria Flavia Gravina² 

[1] Department of Biology, University of Bari;Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare;Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

关键词: Antifouling activity;    Bioassay;    Paraleucilla magna;    Porifera;    Toxicity;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.12279

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Poriferans, as sessile organisms without rigid external covering, use secondary metabolites for protection from predators and fouling organisms. The present study tested the antifouling activity of ethanolic extract of the Mediterranean alien calcareous sponge Paraleucilla magna towards juvenile mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. Furthermore, toxicity tests on nauplii of brine shrimp Artemia salina and two microalgae strains, Nannochloropsis sp. and Tetraselmis suecica, were also conducted. A total attachment inhibition of M. galloprovincialis was achieved at a concentration of 400 µg/mL of sponge extract. The 50% mortality of A. salina nauplii was recorded at a concentration of 500 µg/mL of ethanolic extract. The growth inhibitory effect on both marine microalgae strains has been registered at a concentration of 300 µg/mL. Our results suggest promising natural antifouling activity and low toxicity of the ethanolic extract of P. magna that could be used as antifouling compound.

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