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Laminaria digitata is found mostly on exposed sites on shores in the lower littoral where it may form extensive meadows and can be the dominant algal species. It has a fairly high intrinsic growth rate compared to other algae, 5.5% per day, and a carrying capacity of about 40 kg wet weight per square meter.
Fucus species can also be used for thalassotherapy, along with other species such as Turkish towel (Chondracanthus exasperatus), feather boa (Egregia menziesii), and finger kelp (Laminaria digitata). [9] In 2005, it was announced that bacteria grown on Fucus have the ability to attack and kill the MRSA superbacterium. [10]
A laminaria stick or tent is a thin rod made of the stems of dried Laminaria, a genus of kelp. Laminaria sticks can be generated from Laminaria japonica [ 2 ] and Laminaria digitata . [ 3 ] Second generation dilators such as Dilapan-S are composed of polyacrylonitrile , a plastic polymer. [ 4 ]
Laminaria is a genus of brown seaweed in the order Laminariales (kelp), comprising 31 species native to the north Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans. This economically important genus is characterized by long, leathery laminae and relatively large size.
Laminaria, Saccorhiza polyschides and small algae are common in the sub-littoral. "Sheltered shores" show a narrow Verrucaria zone at high water and a full sequence of fucoids: Pelvetia, F. serratus, F. spiralis, F. vesiculosus, Ascophyllum nodosum. L. digitata is dominant in the upper sublittoral.
In Russia, especially in the Russian Far East, and former Soviet Union countries several types of kelp are of commercial importance: Saccharina latissima, Laminaria digitata, Saccharina japonica. Known locally as "Sea Cabbage" (Морская капуста in Russian), it comes in retail trade in dried or frozen, as well as in canned form and ...
L. digitata may refer to: Lambis digitata , a sea snail species Laminaria digitata , the oarweed, a large brown alga species found in the sublittoral zone of the northern Atlantic Ocean
In Iceland, it has been reported infecting Alaria esculenta, Laminaria digitata and Saccharina latissima. [2] References External links. Index Fungorum; This page was ...