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Product
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Application
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Original Source
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Pharmaceuticals
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Ara-A (acyclovir)
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Antiviral drug (herpes infections)
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Marine sponge, Cryptotethya cryta
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Ara-C (cytosar-U, cytarabine)
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Anticancer drug (leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma)
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Marine sponge, Cryptotethya cryta
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Molecular Probes
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Okadaic acid
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Phosphatase inhibitor
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Dinoflagellate
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Manoalide
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Phospholipase A2 inhibitor
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Marine sponge, Luffariella variabilis
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Aequorin
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Bioluminescent calcium indicator
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Bioluminescent jellyfish, Aequora victoria
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Green fluorescent protein (GFP)
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Reporter gene
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Bioluminescent jellyfish, Aequora victoria
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Enzymes
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Vent and Deep Vent DNA polymerase (New England BioLabs)
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Polymerase chain reaction enzyme
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Deep-sea hydrothermal vent bacterium
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Nutritional Supplements
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Formulaid (Martek Biosciences)
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Fatty acids used as additive in infant formula nutritional supplement
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Marine microalga
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Pigment
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Phycoerythrin
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Conjugated antibodies used in ELISAs and flow cytometry
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Red algae
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Cosmetic additives
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Resilience (Estée Lauder)
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“Marine extract” additive
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Caribbean gorgonian, Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae
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SOURCE: Adapted from Pomponi (1999).
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