Antioxidant Sulfated Polysaccharide from Edible Red Seaweed is an Inhibitor of Calcium Oxalate Crystal Formation.

The genus synthesizes sulfated polysaccharides (SPs). Many of these SPs, including those synthesized by the edible seaweed , have not yet been adequately investigated for their use as potential pharmaceutical compounds. Previous studies have demonstrated the immunomodulatory effects of sulfated galactans from .

Alternative PCR primers for genotyping of Brazilian WSSV isolates.

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is one of the major challenges faced by global shrimp farming in recent decades. The characterization of WSSV genetic variability has been used to determine viral dispersion and is a promising method to determine the association between genotype and virulence. The major variable regions that have been used as markers to differentiate the WSSV genomes include the VNTR loci inside ORF94, ORF75, ORF125, and insertions/deletions interspersing ORF14/15 and ORF23/24.

Analysis of new isolates reveals new genome organization and a hypervariable region in infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV).

Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) has been the cause of many losses in shrimp farming since 2002, when the first myonecrosis outbreak was reported at Brazilian's northeast coast. Two additional genomes of Brazilian IMNV isolates collected in 2009 and 2013 were sequenced and analyzed in the present study. The sequencing revealed extra 643 bp and 22 bp, at 5' and 3' ends of IMNV genome respectively, confirming that its actual size is at least 8226 bp long.

Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus from Brazil: Sequencing, comparative analysis and PCR detection.

A 3739 nucleotide fragment of Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) from Brazil was amplified and sequenced. This fragment contains the entire coding sequences of viral proteins, the full 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) and a partial sequence of 5' untranslated region (5'UTR). The genome organization of IHHNV revealed the three typical major coding domains: a left ORF1 of 2001 bp that codes NS1, a left ORF2 (NS2) of 1091 bp that codes NS2 and a right ORF3 of 990 bp that codes VP.