Hidden Diversity in an Antarctic Algal Forest: Metabolomic Profiling Linked to Patterns of Genetic Diversification in the Antarctic Red Alga Plocamium sp.

• Published in: Marine Drugs
• Main Authors: Andrew J. Shilling, Sabrina Heiser, Charles D. Amsler, James B. McClintock, Bill J. Baker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: halogenated monoterpenes; metabolite diversity; haplotype diversity; Plocamium; Antarctica; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bray; Anvers; Anvers Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/md19110607; https://doaj.org/article/3fe03813d0144bc39ab8daee14915d8e

The common Antarctic red alga Plocamium sp. is rich in halogenated monoterpenes with known anticancer and antimicrobial properties and extracts of Plocamium sp. have strong ecological activity in deterring feeding by sympatric herbivores. Plocamium sp. collected near Anvers Island, Antarctica showed...