Microalgae culture to produce bioactive molecules of interest requires a controlled environment which is hindered when there is a need to increase the scalability of the same. Regarding the culture of some microalgae groups such as the dinoflagellates, there are other difficulties such as their slow growth, sensitivity to turbulence, symbiotic needs or relations or parasitism, among others. This is why very few dinoflagellate species are cultured to produce toxins and at a very small scale (less than 50lts). Once the toxins produced by these micro-organisms in their natural environment have caused diseases in animals and humans, tools are required to improve the diagnostic methods of the same. In this sense, their artificial culture with the necessary optimum conditions for their growth, will make a quantity of toxins available for use in improving the diagnostic methods of these diseases, such as CFP (viability test, HPLC, etc.), likewise better knowledge of the mechanisms causing them.
- Viceconsejería de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias. Canarias. España
- Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação, Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI). Madeira. Portugal
- Dirección General de Pesca del Gobierno de Canarias. Canarias. España
- Universidad de Madeira (UMA). Madeira. Portugal
- Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). Canarias. España
- Universidad de la Laguna (ULL). Canarias. España
- Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC). Canarias. España
- Parque Científico Tecnológico (PCT-ULPGC). Canarias. España
- Direção Regional do Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente (DROTA). Madeira. Portugal
- Direction des Aires Marines Communautaires Protegees. Senegal
- Federation Nationale de Peche (FNP). Mauritania
- Autoridad competente para os productos da pesca (ACOPESCA). Cabo Verde
Budget: 2.907.920,36 €
INTERREG MAC 2014-2020 Finance Program, European Regional Development Funds ERDF (85%): 2.471.732,31 €
January 2017 - December 2019
Main objective:
Improve and standardise cultures of toxic microalgae species responsible for human diseases like CFP, with the biotechnological goal of producing molecules to improve diagnosis of the same. To this effect, an exclusive previously adapted space would be set up for growth and maintenance of these microalgae species.