Trace element concentrations in seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf identified by morphology and DNA barcodes
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Hanan Al-Adilah
Hanan Al-Adilah (right) is a research associate at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. She has a BSc in plant biology from Kuwait University (2011). She obtained her Master’s degree from Kuwait University with distinction, in the field of marine phytoplankton diversity in 2015. She is currently in the 4th year of her PhD in algal diversity and biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen aiming at exploring the halogen metabolism of seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf.
Dhia Al-Bader is an associate professor in the Botany Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Kuwait University. Research in her lab includes environmental algal biodiversity, algal phylogeny and taxonomy, and stress tolerance of seagrasses and algae.
Ioanna Kosma holds a B.Sc. in marine sciences and a M.Sc. in “Integrated Coastal Management” from the University of the Aegean (UA), Department of Marine Sciences. Her research background focuses on marine biodiversity and ecology in combination with scientific diving, and she also has experience in marine immunology. She has extensive field work experience, and she has participated in scientific excursions in Cyprus, Kuwait, and Greece. From 2019 she has been working as a research associate at UA (Department of Marine Sciences) and particularly in the Marine Remote Sensing group, participating in various work packages and deliverables.
Puja Kumari is a Marie Curie (MSCA-IF) postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen. She obtained her PhD in biotechnology through a joint program of MK Bhavnagar University and CSIR-CSMCRI, India. She is the former recipient of ARO (Israel), BIDR-Blaustein (Israel) and JSPS (Japan) postdoctoral fellowships. Her research pursuit included algal stress physiology, lipidomics, metabolomics, chemotaxonomy and algal bioprospection leading to a patent for integrated process for obtaining value-added products from seaweeds without any
in situ chemical reactions. Currently, she is working on elucidating the role of halogen metabolism in brown algal pathologies.
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Frithjof Christian Küpper
Frithjof Christian Küpper (left) has held the chair in marine biodiversity at the University of Aberdeen since 2011, after eight years at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (Oban) as a lecturer and reader, studying the biodiversity and biochemistry of marine plants/algae. He conducted graduate studies at Roscoff and Konstanz for a joint French–German PhD. His research found that iodide serves as an inorganic antioxidant in kelp, the first described from a living system, impacting atmospheric and marine chemistry. A certified scientific diver, Frithjof has worked in the Mediterranean, South Atlantic (Ascension, Falkland Islands), Antarctica, the Arctic and the Arabian Gulf.
Abstract
Even though seaweeds have been considered a nutrient-rich dietary source of minerals in other parts of the world, there is little knowledge about trace element accumulation in seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf. The Arabian Gulf is of particular interest due to being an extreme environment, as it features some of the highest temperatures and salinities observed in any marine waters in the world. This study determined the minerals contents using inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in 10 of the most common seaweeds of this region (Iyengaria stellata, Padina boergesenii, Chondria sp., Feldmannia indica, Codium papillatum, Sargassum aquifolium, Ulva chaugulii, Ulva tepida and Ulva sp.) supported by morphological and molecular (DNA barcode)-based identification. The finding of U. chaugulii reported here is a new record for Kuwait. Most of the seaweeds were rich in essential minerals including Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe and Zn and their contents were higher than those of other mineral-rich foods. Principal component analysis revealed species-specific distributions of minerals in seaweeds. U. tepida and I. stellata were found to be exceptionally rich in most of the macro- and trace elements along with low As and Se, and thus can be utilized for food and feed applications.
Funding source: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Funding source: Natural Environment Research Council
Award Identifier / Grant number: NE/D521522/1
Award Identifier / Grant number: NE/J023094/1
Funding source: Scottish Government
Award Identifier / Grant number: HR09011
About the authors
Hanan Al-Adilah (right) is a research associate at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. She has a BSc in plant biology from Kuwait University (2011). She obtained her Master’s degree from Kuwait University with distinction, in the field of marine phytoplankton diversity in 2015. She is currently in the 4th year of her PhD in algal diversity and biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen aiming at exploring the halogen metabolism of seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf.
Dhia Al-Bader is an associate professor in the Botany Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Kuwait University. Research in her lab includes environmental algal biodiversity, algal phylogeny and taxonomy, and stress tolerance of seagrasses and algae.
Ioanna Kosma holds a B.Sc. in marine sciences and a M.Sc. in “Integrated Coastal Management” from the University of the Aegean (UA), Department of Marine Sciences. Her research background focuses on marine biodiversity and ecology in combination with scientific diving, and she also has experience in marine immunology. She has extensive field work experience, and she has participated in scientific excursions in Cyprus, Kuwait, and Greece. From 2019 she has been working as a research associate at UA (Department of Marine Sciences) and particularly in the Marine Remote Sensing group, participating in various work packages and deliverables.
Puja Kumari is a Marie Curie (MSCA-IF) postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen. She obtained her PhD in biotechnology through a joint program of MK Bhavnagar University and CSIR-CSMCRI, India. She is the former recipient of ARO (Israel), BIDR-Blaustein (Israel) and JSPS (Japan) postdoctoral fellowships. Her research pursuit included algal stress physiology, lipidomics, metabolomics, chemotaxonomy and algal bioprospection leading to a patent for integrated process for obtaining value-added products from seaweeds without any in situ chemical reactions. Currently, she is working on elucidating the role of halogen metabolism in brown algal pathologies.
Frithjof Christian Küpper (left) has held the chair in marine biodiversity at the University of Aberdeen since 2011, after eight years at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (Oban) as a lecturer and reader, studying the biodiversity and biochemistry of marine plants/algae. He conducted graduate studies at Roscoff and Konstanz for a joint French–German PhD. His research found that iodide serves as an inorganic antioxidant in kelp, the first described from a living system, impacting atmospheric and marine chemistry. A certified scientific diver, Frithjof has worked in the Mediterranean, South Atlantic (Ascension, Falkland Islands), Antarctica, the Arctic and the Arabian Gulf.
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge Kuwait University Research Administration Sector Project Units (RSPU) facilities No. GS 01/02 for sequencing. Special thanks to Department of Marine Sciences and National Unit for Environmental Research and services (SRUL01/13) for using their facilities and labs.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: We are grateful to the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) for PhD funding for Hanan Al-Adilah. We would equally like to thank the UK Natural Environment Research Council for their support to FCK (program Oceans 2025 – WP 4.5 and grants NE/D521522/1 and NE/J023094/1). This work also received support from the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland pooling initiative. MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- In this issue
- Physiology and ecology
- Different light and temperature requirements for survival and growth in three species of Kallymeniaceae (Rhodophyta) from the Mediterranean Sea
- The effect of salinity on aspects of the early development of the kelp species Undaria pinnatifida and Saccorhiza polyschides
- Increased ammonium levels occurring during benthic algal blooms are potentially toxic to fucalean algae
- Comparison of selenium-induced antioxidant responses and bioaccumulation in two strains of the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina
- Taxonomy/phylogeny and biogeography
- Culturable fungi associated with the marine shallow-water hydrothermal vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus at Kueishan Island, Taiwan
- Chemistry and applications
- Sulfoquinovose metabolism in marine algae
- Biochemical characterization of eight Greek algae as candidate species for local seaweed cultivation
- Trace element concentrations in seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf identified by morphology and DNA barcodes
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- In this issue
- Physiology and ecology
- Different light and temperature requirements for survival and growth in three species of Kallymeniaceae (Rhodophyta) from the Mediterranean Sea
- The effect of salinity on aspects of the early development of the kelp species Undaria pinnatifida and Saccorhiza polyschides
- Increased ammonium levels occurring during benthic algal blooms are potentially toxic to fucalean algae
- Comparison of selenium-induced antioxidant responses and bioaccumulation in two strains of the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina
- Taxonomy/phylogeny and biogeography
- Culturable fungi associated with the marine shallow-water hydrothermal vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus at Kueishan Island, Taiwan
- Chemistry and applications
- Sulfoquinovose metabolism in marine algae
- Biochemical characterization of eight Greek algae as candidate species for local seaweed cultivation
- Trace element concentrations in seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf identified by morphology and DNA barcodes
