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Turbinaria ornata

About: Turbinaria ornata is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 160 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3614 citations.


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TL;DR: Results suggest that the crude polysaccharide of T.ornata could be considered as a potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent.

259 citations

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TL;DR: The plate pattern of this species is characteristic in having extremely reduced precingulars 1" and 7", which are situated between apical 1' and the sulcal excavation and are clearly separate from apical 2" and 4".
Abstract: Gambierdiscus toxicus gen. et sp. nov. is described. This is a toxin producing dinoflagellate which was collected in a ciguatera-endemic area. Observations were made using both a light microscope with or without phase-contrast and a scanning electron microscope. This species is distincdve in its antero-posterior compressed body shape, with a circular narrow deep cingulum and a deep hollow sulcus. The theca consists of 33 plates: Po, 3', Oa, 7", 6c, 8s, 6"', 1p, 1"". The plate pattern of this species is characteristic in having extremely reduced precingulars 1" and 7", which are situated between apical 1' and the sulcal excavation and are clearly separate from apical 2" and 4". These features and others indicate that this genus should be assigned to the Heteraulacaceae family. This species is always sessile and attaches to dead coral and seaweed, especially brown alga, Turbinaria ornata J. AGARDH. A large number of this species were taken around the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, in May 1975.

246 citations

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18 Nov 2011-PLOS ONE
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that benthic reef algae can release a significant fraction of their photosynthetically-fixed carbon as DOC, these release rates vary by species, and this DOC is available to and consumed by reef associated microbes.
Abstract: Benthic primary producers in marine ecosystems may significantly alter biogeochemical cycling and microbial processes in their surrounding environment. To examine these interactions, we studied dissolved organic matter release by dominant benthic taxa and subsequent microbial remineralization in the lagoonal reefs of Moorea, French Polynesia. Rates of photosynthesis, respiration, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release were assessed for several common benthic reef organisms from the backreef habitat. We assessed microbial community response to dissolved exudates of each benthic producer by measuring bacterioplankton growth, respiration, and DOC drawdown in two-day dark dilution culture incubations. Experiments were conducted for six benthic producers: three species of macroalgae (each representing a different algal phylum: Turbinaria ornata – Ochrophyta; Amansia rhodantha – Rhodophyta; Halimeda opuntia – Chlorophyta), a mixed assemblage of turf algae, a species of crustose coralline algae (Hydrolithon reinboldii) and a dominant hermatypic coral (Porites lobata). Our results show that all five types of algae, but not the coral, exuded significant amounts of labile DOC into their surrounding environment. In general, primary producers with the highest rates of photosynthesis released the most DOC and yielded the greatest bacterioplankton growth; turf algae produced nearly twice as much DOC per unit surface area than the other benthic producers (14.0±2.8 µmol h−1 dm−2), stimulating rapid bacterioplankton growth (0.044±0.002 log10 cells h−1) and concomitant oxygen drawdown (0.16±0.05 µmol L−1 h−1 dm−2). Our results demonstrate that benthic reef algae can release a significant fraction of their photosynthetically-fixed carbon as DOC, these release rates vary by species, and this DOC is available to and consumed by reef associated microbes. These data provide compelling evidence that benthic primary producers differentially influence reef microbial dynamics and biogeochemical parameters (i.e., DOC and oxygen availability, bacterial abundance and metabolism) in coral reef communities.

195 citations

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TL;DR: Turbinaria ornata, a brown marine alga, was tested for its ability to remove copper(II) from aqueous solution as discussed by the authors, and the experiments were conducted to study the effect of important design parameters such as bed height and flow rate.

175 citations

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TL;DR: These two range-extending brown algae from Tahitian coral reefs, Sargassum mangarevense and Turbinaria ornata, are of key interest in numerous industrial areas and high antioxidant activity and activity against Staphylococcus aureus were also detected in extracts.
Abstract: This study deals with two range-extending brown algae from Tahitian coral reefs, Sargassum mangarevense and Turbinaria ornata; their alginate properties, mannitol and phenolic contents, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were determined. Turbinaria ornata showed the richest alginate content with the highest extraction yield (19.2 ± 1.3% dw). Their alginates also exhibited the highest viscosity (50 ± 18 mPa.s), but the M:G ratios (mannuronic acid to glucuronic acid) of alginates (1.25–1.42) were similar in both species. Alginate yield displayed spatial variations, but no significant seasonal changes. The highest mannitol content was found in S. mangarevense (12.2 ± 2.1% dw) during the austral winter. With respect to other tropical Fucales, both algae exhibited also a high phenolic content (2.45–2.85% dw) with significant spatio-temporal variations. Furthermore, high antioxidant activity and activity against Staphylococcus aureus were also detected in extracts. According to these preliminary results, these two range-extending algae are of key interest in numerous industrial areas.

174 citations


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202115
202013
201911
201811
201711
201613