The marine sponge Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 as an elective candidate for bioremediation in integrated aquaculture
| Autor: | Marzia Sidri, Roberto Pronzato, Antonio Sarà, Martina Milanese, Elisabetta Chelossi, Renata Manconi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
biology
Ecology business.industry Marine Biology Bioengineering Aquaculture biology.organism_classification Porifera Systems Integration Sponge Biodegradation Environmental Bioremediation Nucula Botany Escherichia coli Animals Feasibility Studies Seawater business Chondrilla nucula Molecular Biology Clearance rate Bacteria Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Biomolecular Engineering. 20:363-368 |
| ISSN: | 1389-0344 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1389-0344(03)00052-2 |
| Popis: | The use of sponges for marine bioremediation in a farming scenario has been investigated focusing on Chondrilla nucula . We report experiments examining clearance and retention rates of the bacterium Escherichia coli . Despite low values expressed for clearance tests, C. nucula exhibited a marked ability to retain high quantities of bacteria. One square meter patch of this sponge can filter up to 14 l/h of sea water retaining up to 7×10 10 bacterial cells/h. This suggests that C. nucula is a suitable species for marine environmental bioremediation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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