Chemical defenses in Antarctic soft corals: evidence for antifouling compounds
M Slattery, JB McClintock, JN Heine - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 1995 - Elsevier
Organic extracts from the antarctic soft corals Alcyonium paessleri May and Gersemia
antarctica Kukenthal exhibited antimicrobial and antifoulant activity. A third antarctic soft
coral, the stoloniferan Clavularia frankliniana Roule, exhibited no such bioactivity. Marine
bacterial attachment was inhibited in the presence of chloroform and aqueous methanol
extracts of A. paessleri and G. antarctica, but not in the presence of solvent controls.
Similarly, inhibition of microbial growth in three sympatric species of antarctic marine …
antarctica Kukenthal exhibited antimicrobial and antifoulant activity. A third antarctic soft
coral, the stoloniferan Clavularia frankliniana Roule, exhibited no such bioactivity. Marine
bacterial attachment was inhibited in the presence of chloroform and aqueous methanol
extracts of A. paessleri and G. antarctica, but not in the presence of solvent controls.
Similarly, inhibition of microbial growth in three sympatric species of antarctic marine …