dihydrooroidin: antifouling panacea?
May 15, 2009 Leave a comment
From TJD:
dihydrooroidin http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.08.009
- appears to be completely non-toxic to critters larger than bacteria (& toxic across many classes of bacteria)
- disrupts bacterial biofilms (demonstrated to attract ‘macrofouling’ organisms: barnacles, etc.)
- Oh, yeah, it’s derived from a fairly common marine sponge. Scientists noticed that this one species never seemed to get infected when others around it did. Next question: how do you know when a sponge is sick?
