Cladosiphon okamuranus

Cladosiphon okamuranus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Chordariaceae
Genus: Cladosiphon
Species: C. okamuranus
Binomial name
Cladosiphon okamuranus
Tokida
Japanese "Mozuku" dish

Cladosiphon okamuranus (モズク;水雲;藻付;海蘊;海雲, mozuku) is a type of edible seaweed in the genus Cladosiphon, naturally found in Okinawa, Japan. Most mozuku is now farmed by locals, and sold to processing factories. The main use of mozuku is as food, and as a source of one type of sulfated polysaccharide called Fucoidan, which is used as a cancer treatment aid and health supplement.

Mozuko biology

A group of researchers conducting DNA research decoded S-strain genome for cladosiphon okamuranus and found that its size was roughly 140 Mbp and smaller relative to other brown alga. They also made a rough estimate on the number of genes C. okamuranus has and found 13,640 genes. [1].

References

  1. ↑ Nishitsuji, Koki; Arimoto, Asuka; Iwai, Kenji; Sudo, Yusuke; Hisata, Kanako (Dec 2016). "A draft genome of the brown alga, Cladosiphon okamuranus, S-strain: a platformfor future studies of 'mozuku' biology". DNA Research. 23 (6): 561–570. doi:10.1093/dnares/dsw039. PMC 5144679. PMID 27501718.


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