Microalgal Bioprospecting. Spore swelling and germination as a bioassay for the rapid screening of crude algal extracts for antifungal activity

• Main Author: Uldahl, Svein Atle
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2006
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Plantefysiologi: 492; Antarctic; Norway; Coulter; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/1511

Microalgae and cyanobacteria has trough the last couple of decades been increasingly recognized as a valuable source of a variety of bioactive compounds. Many species have been investigated, but these represent mostly strains from tropic or subtropical areas. Norway has, with its long coastline, acc...