New Developments in Marine Biotechnology

1. Aquaculture

   1. Studies on the Sea Bass Dicentrarchus Labrax L. Immune System for Its Control in Aquaculture

      • G. Scapigliati, L. Abelli, N. Romano, L. Mastrolia, M. Mazzini

      Pages 93-95

   2. Development of DNA Vaccines for Aquaculture

      • Joël Heppell, Tong Wu, Niels Lorenzen, Anthony E. Ellis, Susan M. Efler, Neil K. Armstrong et al.

      Pages 97-100

   3. Genetic Manipulation and Strain Improvement in Commercially Valuable Red Seaweeds

      • D. Cheney, B. Rudolph, L. Z. Wang, B. Metz, K. Watson, K. Roberts et al.

      Pages 101-104

2. Developmental Biology

   1. Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor-α in the Growth and Development of the Sea Bream (Sparus Aurata)

      • Lynda Llewellyn, Vimi P. Ramsurn, Trevor Wigham, Deborah M. Power, Glen E. Sweeney

      Pages 105-108

   2. Regulation of Dlx Homeobox Gene Expression During Development of the Zebrafish Embryo

      • Marc Ekker, Genny Giroux, Ted Zerucha, Alison Lewis, Adriana A. Gambarotta, Joshua R. Schultz

      Pages 109-114

   3. Meiotic Cell Cycle Control by Mos in Ascidian Oocytes

      • Gian Luigi Russo, Keiichiro Kyozuka, Marcella Marino, Elisabetta Tosti, Martin Wilding, Maria Laura de Simone et al.

      Pages 115-119

   4. Activation of Ciona Intestinalis at Fertilisation is Controlled by Nicotinamide Nucleotide Metabolism

      • M. Wilding, G. L. Russo, M. Marino, L. Grumetto, M. L. De Simone, E. Tosti et al.

      Pages 121-123

   5. Apoptosis as a Normal Mechanism of Growth Control and Target of Toxicant Actions during Spermatogenesis

      • Gloria V. Callard, Leon M. McClusky, Marlies Betka

      Pages 125-128

   6. Medakafish Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model for Genetic Improvement of Aquaculture Livestocks

      • Yunhan Hong, Songlin Chen, Christoph Winkler, Manfred Schartl

      Pages 129-134

   7. The Tropical Abalone Haliotis Asinina as a Model Species to Investigate the Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Controlling Growth in Abalone

      • Regina T. Counihan, Nigel P. Preston, Bernard M. Degnan

      Pages 135-140

3. Biology of Cell Factories

   1. North American Porphyra Cultivation

      • I. A. Levine, D. Cheney

      Pages 141-144

   2. Oxygen Transport by Hemocyanins

      • Kensal E. van Holde

      Pages 145-146

   3. The Ink Gland of Sepia Officinalis as Biological Model for Investigations of Melanogenesis

      • Anna Palumbo, Ida Gesualdo, Anna Di Cosmo, Luigi De Martino

      Pages 147-149

   4. Recombinant Factor C from Carcinoscorpius Rotundicauda Binds Endotoxin

      • A. W. M. Pui, S. D. Roopashree, B. Ho, J. L. Ding

      Pages 151-154

   5. Molecular and Immunological Characterization of Shellfish Allergens

      • Patrick S. C. Leung, Ka-Hou Chu

      Pages 155-164

   6. Cell Cultures from the Abalone Haliotis Tuberculata

      • D. Sud, S. Auzoux-Bordenave, M. Martin, D. Doumenc

      Pages 165-170

4. Bioremediation, Extremophiles, and Host—Pathogen Interactions

   1. The Architecture of Degradative Complex Polysaccharide Enzyme Arrays in a Marine Bacterium Has Implications for Bioremediation

      • Ronald Weiner, Devi Chakravorty, Lynne Whitehead

      Pages 171-176

   2. Manganese Oxidation by Spores of the Marine Bacillus sp. Strain SG-1

      • Bradley M. Tebo, Lorraine G. van Waasbergen, Chris A. Francis, Liming M. He, Deeanne B. Edwards, Karen Casciotti

      Pages 177-180

   3. The Effects of Bioremediation on the Oil Degradation in Oil Polluted Environments

      • Kim Sang-Jin, Jae Hak Sohn, Doo Suep Sim, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Tae Hyun Kim

      Pages 181-188

   4. Heavy Metal Binding Properties of Wild Type and Transgenic Algae (Chlamydomonas sp.)

      • Xiao-Hua Cai, Jagat Adhiya, Samuel Traina, Richard Sayre

      Pages 189-192

Past efforts to colonize the environment and domesticate living species, coupled with scientific research, have resulted in the possession (but not always the real control) by humans of any available terrestrial space. However, oceans, which represent up to two­ thirds of the surface of the planet, had not been really approached until the middle of this century. As oceanographic science develops, the picture of a rich, diverse, complex and also, in many respects, specific marine life, is coming into view. In a broad sense, marine biotechnologies can be understood as the various means or techniques of managing marine living systems for the benefit of mankind. The first goal we have is for marine life to provide biomass for food. However, today it is not certain that a significant increase of total world fisheries' catches will be possible in the future. There are several ways to address this. First, we need to generate better, more complete, or different uses of the biomass actually fished. This is mainly a matter of upgrading fish and fish wastes. Second, we need to artificially grow the living species. This falls within the scope of cell cultivation and of aquaculture. Both approaches have to be appreciated si­ multaneously in terms of biology, ecology, and economy. In both approaches, profit improvements are linked to the introduction of biotechnological methods and to the use of biotechnological processes.

• Bioremediation
• Expression
• Polysaccharide
• aquaculture
• biodiversity
• biotechnology
• ecology
• environment
• marine biotechnology
• transgen

`The book is a must for all practitioners of marine (and freshwater) biotechnology, as a compendium of what is becoming possible, and of the remaining obstacles on the road to an environmentally acceptable exponential growth in the exploitation of marine resources for the production of safe products. ... the book is of great interest to practitioners of biotechnology in any other domain, microbial, agricultural, and animal.'
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 246 (2000)

• National Museum of Natural History and College of France, Concarneau, France

  Y. Le Gal

• University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA

  H. O. Halvorson

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