NewsB2E Technological Sonar Initiative #12

B2E Technological Sonar Initiative #12

B2E presents the twelfth edition of our Technological Sonar initiative, a monthly selection of national and international initiatives to retain, within the scope of new patents and technologies in ​​the blue bioeconomy sector.

 

Aquaculture

  1. INL research project on the health risks of nanoparticles in Atlantic aquaculture will publish findings

A wide-ranging study led by the Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory on the potential health risks of nanoparticles in the aquaculture industry is set to release its findings. Check out the presentation dates here.

In The Fish Site.

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  1. Chamomile oil to anesthetize aquaculture fish

Medicinal herbal extracts have anesthetic properties in fish.

In Mis Peces.

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  1. Recirculating aquaculture system using biofloc fermenter and aquaponics

A recirculating aquaculture system using a biofloc fermenter and aquaponics may include a breeding water tank that breeds farmed fish, a drum filter that filters breeding water drained from the recirculating aquaculture system; an automatic filtration system in which the breeding water of the drum filter is moved and purified; a biofloc fermentation system that supplies and mixes oxygen to backwash water of the automatic filtration system; and a plant cultivation system that cultivates plant with the breeding water mixed with stable and high-concentration oxygen moved from the biofloc fermentation system.

In Patentscope.

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  1. Aquaculture feed composition comprising charcoal

The invention relates to the field of aquaculture feed compositions and to the field of feeding and farming of aquatic organisms including fish, such as seabream and crustaceans, so as shrimp. Provided is an aquaculture feed composition in the form of pellets having specific dimensions and comprising high wt.% of protein and comprising a source of charcoal. Results show the aquaculture feed compositions having different benefits over prior art aquaculture feed compositions.

In Patentscope.

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  1. Method for removal of noxious taste or odor compounds from aquaculture system by bioactive hydrophobic carriers

The present invention is directed to the method for removal of noxious taste or odour compounds from an aquaculture system by bioactive hydrophobic carriers comprising a hydrophobic agent and a hydrocolloid, and to a recirculating aquaculture system comprising said carriers.

In Patentscope.

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  1. Enzyme-rich extract and use thereof in pre-treatment of plant feedstuff-based diets

The present disclosure relates to an enzyme-rich extract obtained through solid-state fermentation of brewer’s spent grain to be used as a feed additive in animal diets, preferably fish diets. The present patent application also discloses a pre-treatment process of plant feedstuff-based diets in order to increase the nutrient bioavailability of said diets, thus increasing their nutritional value.

In Patentscope.

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  1. Systems, methods and compositions for the inhibition of bacterial toxins to treat early mortality syndrome in aquatic animals

The invention relates to novel systems, methods, and compositions for the competitive inhibition of bacterial toxins expressed in animal systems, and preferably the inhibition of toxins produced by pathogenic bacteria that affect aquatic animals. One aspect of the invention includes methods and compositions for the treatment of Early-Mortality Syndrome in shrimp through the use of truncated PirBVp peptides used as competitor inhibitors to reduce formation of the cytotoxic PirAVp/PirBVp dimer complex.

In Patentscope.

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Living Marine Resources

  1. Chitin and chitosan derived from crustacean waste valorization streams can support food systems and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Crustacean waste, consisting of shells and other inedible fractions, represents an underutilized source of chitin. Here, developments in the field of crustacean-waste-derived chitin and chitosan extraction and utilization are explored, evaluating emerging food systems and biotechnological applications associated with this globally abundant waste stream.

In Nature Food.

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  1. Study by Portuguese and Spanish researchers advances with technique to extract high-value lipids from sea bream and sea bass heads

Spanish and Portuguese nutrition researchers apply a new technology that quickly recovers omega-3-rich oils from the discarded head of sea bream and sea bass in aquaculture with high quality and biotechnology. Specifically, the objective of this study was to apply technology for liquid recovery by microwave-assisted extraction. This technology was used in Atlantic salmon, as other study objective consisted of adapting it to these two species: sea bream and sea bass.

In Mis Peces.

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  1. A Treasure of Bioactive Compounds from the Deep Sea

Recent advances in sampling and novel techniques in microorganism culturing and chemical isolation have promoted the discovery of bioactive agents from deep-sea organisms. This review gives an overview of the potential treasure represented by metabolites produced by deep marine species and their bioactivities for the treatment and prevention of various human pathologies.

In NCBI.

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Marine Biotechnology

  1. Processes for producing omega-3 containing compositions from algae and related extractions

A method for producing highly bioavailable oil compositions from biomasses and, in particular, autotrophic algal biomasses, and providing characterized and clarified mass balance breakdowns and component products therefrom without loss of significant mass in an extraction such as liquid-liquid extraction, polarity segregation and use of mechanical cartridges.

In Patent Scope.

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  1. Marine scaffolds for human tissue generation

The present inventive concept relates to the field of marine scaffold matrices for generation of personalized tissues for future clinical application. More particularly, the inventive concept relates to a method for generation and evaluation of personalized human grafts using decellularized marine invertebrates as novel bio-scaffolds recellularized with patients’ autologous stem cells.

In Patent Scope.

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  1. Collagenous extracts for use as a medicament

The present invention relates to a collagenous marine invertebrate extract for use in the treatment of Epidermolysis Bullosa, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said collagenous marine invertebrate extract, and methods for manufacturing the collagenous marine invertebrate extract of the invention.

In Patent Scope.

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  1. Application of a fragment of an isolated nucleotide sequence in construction of non-mineralized intermuscular bone of Danio rerio

Application of a fragment of an isolated nucleotide sequence in the construction of zebrafish without intermuscular bones. Zebrafish without intermuscular bones is obtained by using a gene mutation method, which provided a basis for subsequent research on a molecular formation mechanism of fish intermuscular bones and the cultivation of economic fishes without intermuscular bone and possessed a basic research value and an application value in other economic aquaculture fish species.

In Patent Scope.

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  1. Innocuous sterilant using hemocyanin and functionalized fullerenes with broad-spectrum intracellular and interstitial microbiocidal and radical scavenging effects for packaged matter, biologics and organics including liquids, gases, tissue, organs, cells, and limbs with copper mediated oxygenation for viability and preservation

This invention relates to a transplant tissue and organ suspension comprised of halogenated and functionalized fullerenes with enhanced relaxivity and hemocyanin to augment the quality, integrity, preservation and sterility of the packaged matter, the storage media, and/or nutrient media. Hemocyanin is found and may be sourced from various Arthropod and Mollusca species, such as the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). The enhancing suspension imparts oxygen transport, broad-spectrum antimicrobial, and free radical scavenging characteristics to traditional storage media and nutrient media, as well as the packaged matter, without the use of potentially harmful biocidal agents such as antiseptics, detergents, disinfectants, antibiotics, antifungals, surfactants, germicides, or immunogenic substances which can lead to cytotoxicity when added to transplanted tissue.

In Espacenet.

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