Transmisión horizontal de la enfermedad del hielo en las algas Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex Silva (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)

  • Aris, Muhammad
Publication date
November 2020
Publisher
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana

Abstract

Background. Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed is a major commodity of important economic value fishery cultivation that has been developed in many countries. The demand for K. alvarezii seaweed continues to increase because it produces carrageenan which is commonly used as the main raw material in many industrial activities. However, K. alvarezii’s seaweed farming is inseparable from several obstacles. In the seaweed culture system, ice-ice disease is a major obstacle because it can harm the cultivation business. Ice-ice disease causes a decrease in seaweed production. Bacteria play a role in the development of ice-ice disease in seaweed cultivation. Aquatic organisms infected with bacteria indirectly cause damage to tissue. The spread of bacte...

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