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The chemical compounds responsible for the antibacterial activity in algae have been variously identified as organic and fatty acids, terpenes, car bonyls, bromophenols, halogenated aliphatic and sulfur-containing heterocyclic compounds, isoprenylated and brominated hydroquinones, as well as phlorotannins (Aubert et al., 1979; Glombitza, 1979). Several studies of antimicrobial activity and its seasonal variations in brown algae have been published (Pratt et al., 1951; Hornsey & Hide, 1974, 1976a, 1976b; Rao & Parekh, 1981; Caccamese & Azzolina, 1979; Caccamese et al., 1981; Pesando & Caram, 1984; Reichelt & Borowitzka, 1984), but a clear identification of antimicrobial substances has not been done. A great diversity and quantity of kelp is present along the west coast of Canada, but no information about the antimicrobial activities of the algae from this area has been published. Nor has there been an identification of substances responsible for such activity. In the present paper we report on antimicrobial activities of extracts from nine species of brown algae growing along the coast of British Columbia.
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Rosell, KG., Srivastava, L.M. (1987). Fatty acids as antimicrobial substances in brown algae. In: Ragan, M.A., Bird, C.J. (eds) Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4057-4_69
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