Cladophora glomerata

The tuft-forming green alga Cladophora glomerata synthesizes a wide variety of toxic fatty acids, including capric and palmitoleic acids, which have been demonstrated to be insecticidal and allelopathic (Dodds and Gudder 1992). 

Verdel EF, Kline PC, Wani S, Woods AE (2000) Purification and Partial Characterization of Haloperoxidase from Fresh Water Algae Cladophora glomerata. Comp Biochem Physiol 125B 179... 

Chlorophyta Division Chlorophyta Tetraselmis sp. Oedogonium cardiacum Cladophora glomerata Chromophyta Division Cryptophyta Cryptomonas ovata... 

McHardy, B. M. and J. J. George. 1990. Bioaccumulation and toxicity of zinc in the green alga, Cladophora glomerata. Environ. Pollut. 66 55-66. 

Kraufvelin, P, Salovius, S., 2004. Animal diversity in Baltic rocky shore macroalgae Can Cladophora glomerata compensate for lost Fucus vesiculosusl Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 61, 369-378. 

Figure 7.10 N N ratio of protein amide II band in two Cladophora glomerata cells showing the subcellular distribution of NOs incorporation, (ca. 150pm diameter). Reproduced with permission from Ref [26] Vibrational Spectroscopy.

In autumn 1994, macrophytes included five species (Zostera noltei, Ruppia cirrhosa, Chaetomorpha linum, Cladophora glomerata and Cladophora fracta)... 

Cladophora glomerata, and Vaucheria cf. dichotoma were observed. At 134 ppt Vaucheria was absent. By 2008 phytoplankton and microphytobenthos still included tens of species. In 2002-2008 regular installation of one species of microalgae and extinction of others was observed. Only five species lived there permanently [17]. Despite considerable impoverishment of flora and fauna, the Aral is stUl a forage reserve for many species of birds of passage. 

Figure 7 Alternative candidates for the spectra of l and 1 derived from linear combinations of the spectra of l

Cladophora glomerata Methanol extract Multidrug resistant bacteria... 

Akkoz, C., Arslan, D., Unver, A., Ozcan, M. M., and Yimaz, B. (2011). Chemical composition, total phenolic and mineral contents of Enteromorpha intestimlis (L.) Kutz. and Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kutz. seaweeds. /. Food Biochem. 35,513-523. 

Mechanical beating of an algal cellulose from Cladophora glomerata was carried out for 5 hr in a Waring blender at 1% and 3% solids consistency. Beating was judged more efficient in the latter case based on a greater retention of water. 

Hydrolysis of the beaten Cladophora was carried out in boiling 4N HCl for 44 hr mass recovery was 22%. In another preparation, an unbeaten sample from a different strain of Cladophora glomerata, which was harvested from a different location at a different time of year, was subjected to the same hydrolysis conditions mass yield was 12%. In the latter case, electron microscopic investigation (21) of sonicated and dispersed... 

Spectra of Several Native Celluloses. In Figure 3 the CP-MAS spectra of several higher plant celluloses are compared and are also contrasted to the spectrum of algal cellulose from Cladophora glomerata (bottom spectrum). In Figure 4, the spectra of two samples of bacterial cellulose from two different sources of Acetobacter xylinum, several algal celluloses, and the Cladophora, beaten at 1% solids consistency, are shown. 

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