Cultivated kelp can now be as good as wild kelp
Norway already exports large amounts of valuable alginate, but new research findings can make this industry even larger and more sustainable.| Norwegian SciTech News
Norway already exports large amounts of valuable alginate, but new research findings can make this industry even larger and more sustainable.| Norwegian SciTech News
Algae cultivation is popular, but good uses for the raw material are still lacking. Researchers in Norway are set to do something about this, with the goal of fully using this resource.| Norwegian SciTech News
Diatoms are ancestrally photosynthetic microalgae, but the genus Nitzschia has lost photosynthesis to become free-living secondary heterotrophs. This study shows how a single horizontal gene transfer from marine bacteria, followed by substantial gene duplication and neofunctionalization, led to alginate catabolism and access to a new ecological niche involving brown algal polysaccharides.| journals.plos.org
Forskere har undersøkt kiselalger som kuttet ut fotosyntesen og isteden spiser tare. Det åpner for naturlig bioraffinering av tare.| Gemini.no
Genes and electrons receive millions in EU funding | Norwegian SciTech News
