This study reports the isolation of two novel cysteine-rich antibacterial peptides, turgencin A and turgencin B, along with their oxidized derivatives, from the Arctic marine colonial ascidian <i>Synoicum turgens</i>. The peptides are post-translationally modified, containing six cysteines with an unusual disulfide connectivity of Cys<sup>1</i>-Cys⁶, Cys²-Cys⁵, and ...

I dette prosjektet har vi testet ut en hypotese om at ved å erstatte vegetabilske oljer i fôr til oppdrettslaks med marine oljer, vil man kunne redusere lusepåslag hos laks. Vi har fôret laks med fire ulike fôr, der proteininnholdet er det samme, men oljen er variert. De ulike fôrene vi brukte var kontrollfôr som var standardfôr med vegetabilsk olje, og tre ulike testfôr der vegetabilsk olje ble ...

The shellfish aquaculture industry has dramatically developed during the last two decades. However, this development has, in some cases, resulted in environmental degradation, emergence of diseases and low productivity. The need for improving disease resistance, growth performance, feed efficiency, and safe aquatic production for human consumption has stimulated development and applications of ...

Verden har et økende behov for mat samtidig som det legges stadig større press på ressursene. Det er mange måter å produsere mat og sjømatproduksjon er en av dem. Sjømat er av mange ansett som en av de viktigste matkildene i fremtiden. Produksjon av fersk fisk er blant disse. Sjømatmarkeder for fersk fisk stiller krav om leveransestabilitet, kvalitet og bærekraft. Det fins tre prinsipielt forskjellige ...

I denne studien ble de fire komponentsamfunnene av tarmparasitter hos ørret og røye sammenlignet i de nærliggende innsjøene Takvatn og Fjellfroskvatn i Troms. I førstnevnte innsjø finnes i tillegg stingsild. Totalt 100 ørret og 90 røye ble undersøkt på ettersommeren 2018. Alle tarmparasittene ble registrert hos ørret og røye i begge innsjøene, unntatt ørretmark og røyemark som infiserte henholdsvis ...

Lumpfish (<i>Cyclopterus lumpus</i> L.) in Norway is currently produced in traditional flow-through systems (FTS). Hatcheries frequently show signs of bacterial infections, unstable microbial communities in the rearing water and varying mortality. Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is proposed to create stable and healthy microbial environments, with less probabilities for blooming of opportunistic ...

Modern speciation theory has greatly benefited from a variety of simple mathematical models focusing on the conditions and patterns of speciation and diversification in the presence of gene flow. Unfortunately the application of general theoretical concepts and tools to specific ecological systems remains a challenge. Here we apply modeling tools to better understand adaptive divergence of whitefish ...

Among the complex ecosystems and habitats that form the deep sea, submarine canyons and open slope systems are regarded as potential hotspots of biodiversity. We assessed the spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity in sediment communities of a NW Mediterranean Canyon and its adjacent open slope (Blanes Canyon) with DNA metabarcoding. We sampled three layers of sediment and four different depths ...

<i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> is a promiscuous pathogen infecting many vertebrates, including humans, whose persistent infections are problematic for aquaculture and public health. Among unsettled aspects of host–pathogen interactions, the respective roles of conventional and innate-like T (iT) cells in host defenses against <i>M. marinum</i> remain unclear. In this study, we developed an infection ...

Microalgae have been shown to be excellent producers of lipids, pigments, carbohydrates, and a plethora of secondary metabolites with possible applications in the pharmacological, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical sectors. Recently, various microalgal raw extracts have been found to have anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we performed the fractionation of raw extracts of the diatom ...