How to remove the pigment from the oil isolated from marine algae?

Is there any cases algae not using the nutrient from the wastewater and grow normally?

I am working on microalgae cultivation using waste water. The initial concentration of nutrients were less but the microalgae has achieved biomass growth of 2 g/L. The final concentration of...

08 August 2024 4,812 2 View

Hello researchers, how can one get the optical density of a filamentous algae?

i am comparing the growth performances of filamentous and non filamentous forms. in a case where I can not count the cells of the filamentous algae using a hemocytometer, is it okay to do a...

30 July 2024 5,985 2 View

Is it common for heterotrophic bacteria to grow on Pro99 and SNAX media?

I am attempting to isolate picocyanobacteria from seawater (pre-filtered with a GF/D membrane) using the pour plate technique and filter plating method (Kearney et al., 2022) on Pro99 and SNAX...

30 July 2024 1,040 1 View

Interpreting ATR-FTIR Spectra for Microplastics Research?

Hello everyone, I am currently pursuing a PhD in Environmental Engineering with a focus on microplastic studies. My background is in Civil Engineering, and I am relatively new to working with...

18 July 2024 7,258 3 View

What is this animal ?

In saw this creature during a cable laying operation at 20km off the coast of Timor Leste on the timor sea at a depth of 1200 m.

14 July 2024 4,715 1 View

How is the preparation to obtain secondary metabolic extracts?

Hi everyone! I am working with bacteria and fungal collected from marine sediments. I would to know the methodology since the preparation of biomass until the extraction and stored of secondary...

03 July 2024 6,177 3 View

Interested in a Marine Plankton identification and discussion group ?

I have a number of unidentified microplankton organisms from nets or other marine collection efforts and would like to create a group (or join) where people can share their expertise and ask one...

30 June 2024 3,421 4 View

How can I statistically compare shannon index values between two years?

I have six ecosystems in two substrate categories (Triplicates essentially). I have determined shannon wiener index values for each ecosystem and also for the two categories separately. I have...

16 June 2024 6,841 7 View

Which primer should be selected for DNA barcoding of jellyfish for the species identification?

For the identification of jellyfish, mCOI, ITS1-2, 16S, 18S, and 28S primers have been used in different published research papers. Among them, I am considering selecting the primers mCOI and...

11 June 2024 4,001 5 View

International Maritime Law?

International maritime law, also known as admiralty law, is a body of laws, conventions, and treaties that govern private maritime business and other nautical matters, such as shipping or offenses...

08 June 2024 4,794 0 View