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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: halogenated monoterpenes; metabolite diversity; haplotype diversity; Plocamium; Antarctica; Antarctic; Anvers; Anvers Island; Bray; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/md19110607

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...