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A review on the recycling of seaweed by halotolerant bacteria was conducted for the cleaning of the marine environment. Planting of seaweed is effective in dealing with organic pollutants, especially N and P. Thus, the composting through recycling of seaweeds is supposed to be suitable, although their salinity is awkward in the composting process. The activity of inoculated bacteria decreased with the increase of salinity in wakame composting with Bacillus sp. HR6. On the contrary, halotolerant bacterium AW4, isolated, showed better degradation of wakame during composting than others that were examined. Degradation of alginate, which is the central component in wakame, is a key point in the recycling of seaweed. Thus, alginate-degrading bacterium A7 was isolated from the compost, by which alginate was successfully decomposed to 14.3% after 72 h of composting. The decomposition product of wakame by A7 sufficiently enhanced the relative root length of Komatsuna to 263.2%, suggesting that the applications of A7 to produce special fertilizer using seaweeds might be a meaningful way for preserving the seashore environment.
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Tang, JC., Taniguchi, H., Zhou, Q., Nagata, S. (2010). Recycling of the Seaweed Wakame Through Degradation by Halotolerant Bacteria. In: Seckbach, J., Einav, R., Israel, A. (eds) Seaweeds and their Role in Globally Changing Environments. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8569-6_16
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