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Dos Santos GS, de Souza TL, Teixeira TR, Brandão JPC, Santana KA, Barreto LHS, Cunha SDS, Dos Santos DCMB, Caffrey CR, Pereira NS, de Freitas Santos Júnior A. Seaweeds and Corals from the Brazilian Coast: Review on Biotechnological Potential and Environmental Aspects. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114285. [PMID: 37298760 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Brazil has a megadiversity that includes marine species that are distributed along 800 km of shoreline. This biodiversity status holds promising biotechnological potential. Marine organisms are important sources of novel chemical species, with applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, and nutraceutical fields. However, ecological pressures derived from anthropogenic actions, including the bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements and microplastics, impact promising species. This review describes the current status of the biotechnological and environmental aspects of seaweeds and corals from the Brazilian coast, including publications from the last 5 years (from January 2018 to December 2022). The search was conducted in the main public databases (PubChem, PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar) and in the Espacenet database (European Patent Office-EPO) and the Brazilian National Property Institute (INPI). Bioprospecting studies were reported for seventy-one seaweed species and fifteen corals, but few targeted the isolation of compounds. The antioxidant potential was the most investigated biological activity. Despite being potential sources of macro- and microelements, there is a literature gap regarding the presence of potentially toxic elements and other emergent contaminants, such as microplastics, in seaweeds and corals from the Brazilian coast.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador 40170-115, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador 41150-000, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Exact and Earths Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador 41150-000, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Exact and Earths Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador 41150-000, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Life Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador 41150-000, BA, Brazil
- Department of Exact and Earths Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador 41150-000, BA, Brazil
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Sabdono A, Lestari ES, Sibero MT. Biogeographic assessment of Gorgonian-associated bacteria with antipathogenic Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Karimunjawa Marine National Park, Java Sea, Indonesia. NATURE CONSERVATION 2022. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.49.84825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gorgonian corals of Karimunjawa are impacted by anthropogenic activities, such as increasingly high mariculture intensity with consequent eutrophication, overfishing, tourism, sewage, and other pollutant discharges, which result in changes in the microbial community structure. In this study, bacterial communities associated with six species of Gorgonian, Viminella sp., Ellisella sp., Antipathes sp., Melithaea sp., Astrogorgia sp., and Junceella sp. from both the Marine Protected Area (MPA) and non-Marine Protected Area (non-MPA) zones were screened for their antipathogenic potential against Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) pathogens. The selected bacterial isolates were identified and compared for their abundance and diversity between the two zones. A total of 156 bacterial strains were assayed for their prospective antipathogenic compounds against seven UTI pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus saptophyticus, Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumonia, and Candida albicans. The results showed that 17 of 92 (18.48%) and 6 of 64 (9.37%) bacterial isolates from MPA and non-MPA, respectively, exhibited antimicrobial activity in at least one of the UTI pathogens. By analyzing the gene of 16S rRNA, it was discovered that the 17 isolates of MPA were associated with phyla Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, including Streptomyces zhaozhoue, Nocardiopsis salina, Micrococcus endophyticus, Brevibacterium casei, Micrococcus yunnanensis, Saccharopolyspora coralli, Bacillus paramycoides, Virgibacillus salarius, Oceanobacillus iheyensis, and Vibrio alginolyticus. In contrast, only six selected isolates of non-MPA were associated with the phyla Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria, including Nocardiopsis salina, Micrococcus yunnanensis, and Acinetobacter soli. The Diversity Index (H’), Species Richness (S), and Relative Abundance of the MPA zone were higher than those of non-MPA. These results demonstrated that Gorgonian octocoral species in the MPA region harbour varied bacteria and we propose that many Gorgonian-associated bacteria have the prospective for advancing broad-spectrum antibiotics.
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Savić MP, Sakač MN, Kuzminac IZ, Ajduković JJ. Structural diversity of bioactive steroid compounds isolated from soft corals in the period 2015-2020. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2022; 218:106061. [PMID: 35031429 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2022.106061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Marine soft corals are known as a good source of biologically active compounds, among which a large number of steroid compounds are identified. Structures and activities of these compounds have been used in drug discovery and development. From 2015 to 2020, 179 new steroid compounds were isolated from soft corals and structurally characterized. In this review, we report the structural classification and bioactivities of these compounds. The largest group of steroids from soft corals are hydroxysteroids, while the most common biological activity is anticancer. Besides, anticancer hydroxysteroids from soft corals exhibit anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activity. Unlike anticancer and antibacterial activity that can be observed in a number of steroid classes, antioxidant activity and antileishmanial effect were observed only in 19-oxygenated steroids, antiviral activity in pregnane-type steroids and spirosteroids, immunosuppressive activity in epoxy- and epidioxysteroids, and antibacterial activity in two steroid classes, hydroxysteroids and ketosteroids. This systematically analyzed link between the structure and activity of natural marine steroids is a good starting point for future drug design.
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- Marina P Savić
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Fagundes TSF, Macedo AL, Rigato DB, Amaral BSDO, Jimenez PC, Costa-Lotufo LV, Pereira RFA, Aguiar-Alves F, Soares AR, Vasconcelos TRA, Cass QB, Valverde AL. The Brazilian octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata as a source of cytotoxic compounds. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2021; 93:e20200686. [PMID: 34705938 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120200686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The extensive marine biodiversity has proved to be a promising source of substances with biomedical potential. In this study, the cytotoxicity of the Brazilian octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata (Gorgoniidae) was evaluated against two tumor cell lines and three bacterial strains. The methanol/dichloromethane crude extract presented no antibacterial activity up to the highest concentration tested (512 µg/mL), however it revealed a noteworthy antiproliferative effect against HCT-116 (80%) and MCF-7 (54%) cell lines at 50 μg/mL. Therefore, guided by the cytotoxic activity, a multistep chemical fractionation of the extract provided the subfraction 5 (PDPH2-5) with IC50 values of 3.18 and 17.80 μg/mL against HCT-116 and MCF-7, respectively. The LC-HRMS/MS analysis of PDPH2-5 showed ions of m/z 219.1742 and 219.1743, characterized as (E,E) and (Z,E) germacrone, after a LC-DAD-SPE/NMR analysis of the hexanic fraction and comparisons of NMR data with the literature. Previously reported assessments to the cytotoxic activity of the (E,E)-diastereoisomer disclosed higher IC50 values than that obtained for the PDPH2-5 fraction, suggesting, herein, a potentiated effect of the diastereoisomeric mixture. Such remark encourage further bioactivity studies with stereoisomer mixtures and reduce the urge for compound isolation.
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- Thayssa S F Fagundes
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Química, Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, 24020-141 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Química, Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, 24020-141 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Alimentos e Nutrição, Rua Ufms, 12, Pioneiros, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Instituto do Mar, Rua Carvalho de Mendonça, 144, Encruzilhada, 11070-100 Santos, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Química, Rodovia Washington Luis, s/n, km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.,Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, Campus Pirituba, Av. Mutinga, 951, 05110-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Química, Rodovia Washington Luis, s/n, km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Rua Pio XI, 1500, Alto da Lapa, 05468-901 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia e Parasitologia Aplicadas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Ciências Básicas, Rua Dr. Mario Vianna, 523, Santa Rosa, 24241-000 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia e Parasitologia Aplicadas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Ciências Básicas, Rua Dr. Mario Vianna, 523, Santa Rosa, 24241-000 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Av. São José Barreto, 764, 27965-045 Macaé, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Química, Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, 24020-141 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Química, Rodovia Washington Luis, s/n, km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Química, Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, 24020-141 Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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Lhullier C, Moritz MIG, Tabalipa EO, Sardá FN, Schneider NFZ, Moraes MH, Constantino L, Reginatto FH, Steindel M, Pinheiro US, Simões CMO, Pérez CD, Schenkel EP. Biological activities of marine invertebrates extracts from the northeast brazilian coast. BRAZ J BIOL 2020; 80:393-404. [PMID: 31389485 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.213678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This paper reports the in vitro antiproliferative effects, antiprotozoal, anti-herpes and antimicrobial activities of 32 organic extracts of 14 marine sponges and 14 corals collected in northeast Brazilian coast. The ethanolic extracts of the sponges Amphimedon compressa and Tedania ignis, and the acetone extract of Dysidea sp. showed relevant results concerning the antiproliferative effects against A549, HCT-8, and PC-3 cell lines by sulforhodamine B assay, but also low specificity. Concerning the antiprotozoal screening, the ethanolic extract of Amphimedon compressa and the acetone and ethanolic extracts of Dysidea sp. were the most active against Leishmania amazonensis and Trypanosoma cruzi expressing β-galactosidase in THP-1 cells. In the preliminary anti-HSV-1 (KOS strain) screening, the ethanolic extracts of the sponges Amphimedon compressa, Haliclona sp. and Chondrosia collectrix inhibited viral replication by more than 50%. The most promising anti-herpes results were observed for the ethanolic extract of Haliclona sp. showing high selective indices against HSV-1, KOS and 29R strains (SI> 50 and >79, respectively), and HSV-2, 333 strain (IS>108). The results of the antibacterial screening indicated that only the ethanolic extract of Amphimedon compressa exhibited a weak activity against Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli by the disk diffusion method. In view of these results, the extracts of Amphimedon compressa, Tedania ignis and Dysidea sp. were selected for further studies aiming the isolation and identification of the bioactive compounds with antiproliferative and/or antiprotozoal activities. The relevant anti-herpes activity of the ethanolic extract of Haliclona sp. also deserves special attention, and will be further investigated.
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- C Lhullier
- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Protozoologia, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Protozoologia, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Rua Alto do Reservatório, s/n, Bela Vista, CEP 55608-680, Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Campus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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Marine Pharmacology in 2014-2015: Marine Compounds with Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antifungal, Anti-Inflammatory, Antiprotozoal, Antituberculosis, Antiviral, and Anthelmintic Activities; Affecting the Immune and Nervous Systems, and Other Miscellaneous Mechanisms of Action. Mar Drugs 2019; 18:md18010005. [PMID: 31861527 PMCID: PMC7024264 DOI: 10.3390/md18010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The systematic review of the marine pharmacology literature from 2014 to 2015 was completed in a manner consistent with the 1998-2013 reviews of this series. Research in marine pharmacology during 2014-2015, which was reported by investigators in 43 countries, described novel findings on the preclinical pharmacology of 301 marine compounds. These observations included antibacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, antiviral, and anthelmintic pharmacological activities for 133 marine natural products, 85 marine compounds with antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory activities, as well as those that affected the immune and nervous system, and 83 marine compounds that displayed miscellaneous mechanisms of action, and may probably contribute to novel pharmacological classes upon further research. Thus, in 2014-2015, the preclinical marine natural product pharmacology pipeline provided novel pharmacology as well as new lead compounds for the clinical marine pharmaceutical pipeline, and thus continued to contribute to ongoing global research for alternative therapeutic approaches to many disease categories.
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Horvath EA. A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia - Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). Zookeys 2019; 860:1-66. [PMID: 31327927 PMCID: PMC6624213 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.860.19961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Gorgonian specimens collected from the California Bight (northeastern Pacific Ocean) and adjacent areas held in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) were reviewed and evaluated for species identification; much of this material is of historic significance as a large percentage of the specimens were collected by the Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) 'Velero' Expeditions of 1931-1941 and 1948-1985. Examination and reorganization of this collection began early in 2002; initially, it was estimated that at most, twelve to fifteen species of gorgonian could be found within the Bight. Following collection evaluation, it was determined that at a minimum, approximately twenty three genera, encompassing some forty-plus species, of gorgonian coral have been found living within the California Bight region, often extending some distance into adjacent geographical areas both north and south. All species from the California Bight in the collection are discussed to some degree (in three separate parts, this being Part I), with digital images of both colony form and sclerite composition provided for most. Collection specimens from the suborders and families covered in Part I are not extensive, but several genera are featured that have not been previously reported for the California Bight region. Additionally, a potential new species (genus Sibogagorgia Stiasny, 1937) from the Paragorgiidae is described in Part I. Overall, the collection displays an emphasis on species belonging to the Holaxonia, particularly the plexaurids. A brief discussion of a California Bight grouping, referred to as the "red whips," is presented in Part II; this grouping encompasses several species with very similar colony appearance across a number of genera. A new species (a whip or thread-like form) in the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868, belonging to the Gorgoniidae, is described in Part II. The genus Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 is one of the most challenging taxon groups represented; those species in the genus Swiftia collected within the California Bight are discussed fully, based on SBMNH (and other) specimens in Part III. Scanning electron microscopy images for species of Swiftia from the California coast have rarely, if ever, been published and are included, with a discussion of the geographic range of the genus in the eastern Pacific, from the southern boundary of the California Bight to the Bering Sea, Alaska. Finally, specimens of the genus Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860, displaying a whip or thread-like body form, are discussed at a preliminary level in Part III; they also presented challenges to a clear understanding of their taxonomy. While Part I focuses on species of Scleraxonia and those of the Holaxonia in the Acanthogorgiidae family held in the SBMNH collection, all three parts taken together represent the first comprehensive work that reviews the research collection of SBMNH, which focuses on species of gorgonian coral known to inhabit the California Bight.
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- Elizabeth Anne Horvath
- Westmont College, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, California 93108 USAWestmont CollegeSanta BarbaraUnited States of America
- Invertebrate Laboratory, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105, USASanta Barbara Museum of Natural HistorySanta BarbaraUnited States of America
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Goodheart JA, Bazinet AL, Valdés Á, Collins AG, Cummings MP. Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). BMC Evol Biol 2017; 17:221. [PMID: 29073890 PMCID: PMC5659023 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The impact of predator-prey interactions on the evolution of many marine invertebrates is poorly understood. Since barriers to genetic exchange are less obvious in the marine realm than in terrestrial or freshwater systems, non-allopatric divergence may play a fundamental role in the generation of biodiversity. In this context, shifts between major prey types could constitute important factors explaining the biodiversity of marine taxa, particularly in groups with highly specialized diets. However, the scarcity of marine specialized consumers for which reliable phylogenies exist hampers attempts to test the role of trophic specialization in evolution. In this study, RNA-Seq data is used to produce a phylogeny of Cladobranchia, a group of marine invertebrates that feed on a diverse array of prey taxa but mostly specialize on cnidarians. The broad range of prey type preferences allegedly present in two major groups within Cladobranchia suggest that prey type shifts are relatively common over evolutionary timescales. Results In the present study, we generated a well-supported phylogeny of the major lineages within Cladobranchia using RNA-Seq data, and used ancestral state reconstruction analyses to better understand the evolution of prey preference. These analyses answered several fundamental questions regarding the evolutionary relationships within Cladobranchia, including support for a clade of species from Arminidae as sister to Tritoniidae (which both preferentially prey on Octocorallia). Ancestral state reconstruction analyses supported a cladobranchian ancestor with a preference for Hydrozoa and show that the few transitions identified only occur from lineages that prey on Hydrozoa to those that feed on other types of prey. Conclusions There is strong phylogenetic correlation with prey preference within Cladobranchia, suggesting that prey type specialization within this group has inertia. Shifts between different types of prey have occurred rarely throughout the evolution of Cladobranchia, indicating that this may not have been an important driver of the diversity within this group. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jessica A Goodheart
- Laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. .,NMFS, National Systematics Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC-153, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.,Present address: National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, 8300 Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA, 91768, USA
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- NMFS, National Systematics Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC-153, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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Secondary metabolites and their biological activities in Indonesian soft coral of the genus Lobophytum. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Brazilian gorgonians: a source of odoriferous compounds? REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FARMACOGNOSIA 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2015.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Rapid assessment of chemical compounds from Phyllogorgia dilatata using Raman spectroscopy. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FARMACOGNOSIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOGNOSY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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