본 연구는 다시마 유리배우체의 분리, 재생 및 성숙 유도 조건을 구명하기 위하여, 4개의 온도 조건 (5, 10, 15, 20˚C), 4개의 조도조건 (5, 10, 20, 40 μmol m-2 s-1) 및 3개의 광주기 조건 (14 : 10, 12 : 12, 10 : 14 h L : D)에서 배양을 실시하였다. 다시마 암배우체의 생장은 15˚C, 20 μmol m-2 s-1, 10 : 14 h (L : D)에서 촉진되었으며, 수배우체의 생장은 15˚C, 5 μmol m-2s-1, 14 : 10 h (L : D)에서 촉진되었다. 암배우체의 성 성숙은 5˚C, 20~40 μmol m-2 s-1, 10 : 14 h (L : D)에서 촉진되었으며, 수배우체의 성 성숙은 15˚C, 40 μmol m-2 s-1, 10 : 14 h (L : D)에서 촉진되었다. 이러한 다시마 암수유리배우체의 재생 및 성숙 유도 조건은 다시마의 품종개발과 교잡육종을 위한 유리배우체 배양에 가장 기본적인 자료로 활용될 것이다.

The brown seaweed Sargassum fusiforme is an edible and highly valued in Korea. During the summer season, phytal organisms graze heavily on young algal blades and holdfastsof the species and substantially reduce harvestable biomass. Here, in this study, we investigated the effects of pH (range: 2~13) and salinity (range: 0~44 psu) on the removal of two major phytal animals, Caprella scaura and Gammaropsis utinomi, associated with S. fusiforme. We also examined the optimum quantum yield (Fv/Fm) of algae in the same experimental conditions to quantify the tolerance of algae to acid and salinity treatments. It was observed that the phytal animals showed more than 80% mortality at pH lower that pH 4 and the extreams of salinity (0~10 psu and 44 psu) after a 5 min of immersion. However, the quantum yield of S. fusiforme was not significantly different from controls within the pH 3~11 range, and the 0~44 psu salinity range. Precisely, if the pH and salinity conditions outside these ranges were used in comercial Sargassum culture, the removal of the animal species would be higher, but with reduced quantum yield of algae. Taken together, our study results indicated that the pH and salinity treatments could allow multiple harvests from the same holdfast of S. fusiforme.