S. Ravikumar, A. Nural shiefa and A.Kalaiarasi
Marine cyanobacteria are the largest primary producers of biomass in the marine environment. Most of the marine microorganisms are not available due to the lack of media corresponding to the microbes. Hence, the present study was attempted to find out the substrate based media development from the host sponges. The effect of Sigmodocia carnosa sponge extract on the biomass production of sponge associated cyanobacterial species was carried out. Water extract from Callyspongia fibrosa significantly enhanced the biomass (193.14%), total chlorophyll (195.09%), chlorophyll-a (99.17%), carotenoid (685%), phycocyanin (172.91%), allophycocyanin (240.67%), phycoerythrin (488.46%), protein (76.44%), total amino acid (338.35%) and carbohydrate (55.77%) than the control and found significant among the species of sponge associated cyanobacteria.
