Current knowledge on biotechnological interesting seaweeds from the magellan region, chile

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
• Main Authors: AVILA-LAGOS, MARCELA DEL PILAR, MANSILLA-MUÑOZ, ANDRÉS OMAR, ABADES-TORRES, SEBASTIÁN RUY, YOKOYA, NAIR SUMIE, RODRIGUEZ, JUAN PABLO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SOC BRASILEIRA FARMACOGNOSIA
• Subjects: Bory; Fries; Gardner; Hudson; Saint-Vincent; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10533/196868; https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000074

This paper is a compilation of data from investigations made with marine benthic algae from the Magellan Region that have biotechnological utilization in human consumption or medicine or as a source of phycolloids or food supplements or animal feed. The most important Rhodophyta species are: Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M. Fries for agarose production, Gigartina skottsbergii Setchell & N.L. Gardner for carrageenan production, and Callophyllis variegata (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kutzing for human consumption. The most important Heterokontophyta species are: Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh, and Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot for human consumption, alginate production, and as biofertilizer for agricultural crops. M. pyrifera is also used as a food supplement for salmon, chickens, quails, sheep and bovines and for biofuel production.