{"id":157381,"date":"2025-02-05T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=157381"},"modified":"2025-02-03T16:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:29:37","slug":"microbial-solutions-for-boosting-seaweed-farming-and-carbon-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/microbial-solutions-for-boosting-seaweed-farming-and-carbon-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbial solutions for boosting seaweed farming and carbon capture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Illustration showing the overview of seaweed-associated microbes, their beneficial functions functions that shape seaweed health and resilience against pathogens and environmental change. \u00a9 Shailesh Nair<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Seaweed farming has captured global attention as a potential solution to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide and offer eco-friendly alternatives to carbon-intensive food and industrial products. However, the successful expansion of seaweed farming from a regional industry into a global solution faces major hurdles due to changing oceanic conditions, increasing pathogenic diseases and nutrient limitations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a study<\/a> published in the KeAi journal Green Carbon<\/em><\/a>, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), revealed how manipulating the microscopic life living on seaweed can contribute to developing  industrial-scale seaweed farming and boost its potential for fighting climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201cA diverse community of microbes live on seaweed, much like probiotics for seaweed \u2013 specific microbes can protect seaweed from diseases, provide essential nutrients, and help them thrive in challenging conditions,\u201d explains corresponding author Yongyu Zhang<\/strong>. “This is particularly important as our previous study has shown that rising ocean temperatures and acidification will likely increase seaweed pathogenic diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The research highlights the areas that need to be focused on to overcome current limitations in seaweed microbiome manipulation, such as complete knowledge regarding the total microbiome composition and timing of inoculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEarly life stages of seaweeds, being more susceptible to microbial colonization, present a critical window for establishing beneficial microbes that might persist throughout the seaweed’s life cycle,\u201d says first author Shailesh Nair.<\/strong>, \u201cSome seaweeds can even pass these beneficial microbes to their offspring, suggesting potential long-term benefits across generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The researchers propose a framework for future seaweed microbiome manipulation, emphasizing the need for integration of advanced technologies like multi-omics, high-throughput isolation techniques, artificial intelligence-based tools and robust validation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Microbial solutions must be deployed for sustainable macroalgae farming,\u201d adds Zhang<\/strong>. \u201cBy harnessing the power of beneficial microbes, farmers could potentially create more stable and productive seaweed farms, making large-scale ocean farming more feasible than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Green Carbon<\/em>; “Engineering microbiomes to enhance macroalgal health, biomass yield, and carbon sequestration”; DOI: 10.1016\/j.greenca.2024.11.001 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seaweed farming has captured global attention as a potential solution to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide and offer eco-friendly alternatives to carbon-intensive food and industrial products. However, the successful expansion of seaweed farming from a regional industry into a global solution faces major hurdles due to changing oceanic conditions, increasing pathogenic diseases and nutrient limitations. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":157410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The successful expansion of seaweed farming from a regional industry into a global solution faces major hurdles due to changing oceanic conditions","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[10416,12426,6406,12615,17117,13283],"supplier":[7471,20150],"class_list":["post-157381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-circulareconomy","tag-climatechange","tag-environment","tag-microbes","tag-microbiome","tag-seaweed","supplier-chinese-academy-sciences","supplier-qingdao-institute-of-bioenergy-and-bioprocess-technology-qibebt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157381"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=157381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}