title: Interactions between microbial biofilms and marine fouling algae: a mini review.
abstract: Natural and artificial substrata immersed in the marine environment are typically colonized by microorganisms, which may moderate the settlement/recruitment of algal spores and invertebrate larvae of macrofouling organisms. This mini-review summarizes the major interactions occurring between microbial biofilms and marine fouling algae, including their effects on the settlement, growth and morphology of the adult plants. The roles of chemical compounds that are produced by both bacteria and algae and which drive the interactions are reviewed. The possibility of using such bioactive compounds to control macrofouling will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: a School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham , Birmingham , UK .
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mieszkin
authors.forename: Maureen E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Callow
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Callow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D018441:Biofilms / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development*; D057219:Biofouling / Q000517:prevention & control; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D008386:Marine Biology; D063245:Plant Development; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity