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Collagen from marine sources is a very attractive alternative to bovine collagen. In biomedicine, several applications of collagens derived from sponges have been described, many of which from the demospongia Chondrosia reniformis. The production of these molecules in recombinant form would allow to obtain well-defined molecular types and to...

Iron (Fe) is the most important trace element in the ocean, as it is required by phytoplankton for photosynthesis and nitrate assimilation [1]. Fe speciation is important to better understand the biogeochemical cycle and availability of this micronutrient, in particular in the Southern Ocean [2]. Dissolved Fe (dFe) concentration and speciation...