Naslov
Sustainable use of marine organisms - Project SPONGES

Autori
Hamer, Bojan ; Jaklin, Andrej ; Batel, Renato ; Mueller, E.G. Werner

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Izvornik
SCHOOL OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY of the Croatian Biological Society / - , 2007

Skup
SCHOOL OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY of the Croatian Biological Society

Mjesto i datum
Rovinj, Hrvatska, 21.06.2007. - 29.06.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Sustainable production; Physiology; Oceanography; Natural products; Genetics and Economics of Sponges

Sažetak
Oceans, covering around 70% of the planet surface possess a huge potential for the discovery of novel molecules. Several metabolites either produced by sponges or by associated organisms like bacteria, have a pharmaceutical potential. Some of them open new horizons in biotechnology. However, the application of natural secondary metabolites as therapeutic drugs has not been very successful due to limited availability of sufficient quantities of defined material - the so-called supply problem. For the possibility of a long running use of these chemical compounds a sustainable production of large amounts of sponge biomass is necessary if the desired metabolites cannot be synthesized artificially. This can be done by cell-culture, in situ aquaculture or in vitro applications. For all three basic knowledge of the ecological characteristics is essential, especially data about ecology, distribution and abundance of many species interesting for commercial purposes is missing.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Biologija

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