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CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.10.013
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Corals play important ecological and economic roles, providing habitat for species and contributing to coastal protection, fisheries, and tourism. Their biotechnological potential, especially in drug discovery and bioenergy, is increasingly recognized. However, corals are facing threats from climate change and pollution, and researchers are evaluating biotechnological approaches to enhance their resilience.
Corals are of ecological and economic importance, providing habitat for species and contributing to coastal protection, fisheries, and tourism. Their biotechnological potential is also increasingly recognized. Particularly, the production of pharmaceutically interesting compounds by corals and their microbial associates stimulated natural product-based drug discovery. The efficient light distribution by coral skeletons for optimal photosynthesis by algal symbionts has led to 3D-printed bionic corals that may be used to upscale micro-algal cultivation for bioenergy generation. However, corals are under threat from climate change and pollution, and biotechnological approaches to increase their resilience, like 'probiotics' and 'assisted evolution', are being evaluated. In this review, we summarize the recent biotechnological developments related to corals with an emphasis on coral conservation, drug discovery and bioenergy.
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