Seaweed-associated bacteria play a crucial role in morphogenesis and growth of seaweeds
(macroalgae) in direct and/or indirect ways. Bacterial communities belonging to the phyla …

Eukaryotic hosts are associated with microbial communities that are critical to their function.
Microbiota manipulation using beneficial microorganisms, for example, in the form of animal …

Many eukaryotes are closely associated with bacteria which enable them to expand their
physiological capacities. Associations between algae (photosynthetic eukaryotes) and …

Commercial seaweed cultivation has undergone drastic changes to keep up with the
increasing demand in terms of the quantity and quality of the algal biomass needed to meet …

Continuously increasing human population demands increased food production, which
needs greater fertilizer's input in agricultural lands to enhance crop yield. In this respect …

The capacity to produce the phytohormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is widespread among
bacteria that inhabit diverse environments such as soils, fresh and marine waters, and plant …

In the ocean, seaweed and microorganisms have coexisted since the earliest stages of
evolution and formed an inextricable relationship. Recently, seaweed has attracted …

In recent decade, seaweeds-associated microbial communities have been significantly
evaluated for functional and chemical analyses. Such analyses let to conclude that …

Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is an auxin produced by terrestrial plants which influences
development through a variety of cellular mechanisms, such as altering cell orientation …

The use of seaweeds in the human diet has a long history in Asia and has now been
increasing also in the western world. Concurrent with this trend, there is a corresponding …