In BALI, regionally cultivable biomass is obtained from macroalgae and selected microalgae, and ingredients for new applications are developed.
BALI is developing biorefinery concepts for the use of regional algae biomass, which could partially replace land-intensive, traditional agriculture. The project partners are utilizing the cascade of algae biomass by extracting useful marine sugars and bioactive secondary metabolites in addition to the classic fatty acids. The combined extraction and biotechnological use of various algae ingredients improves the value chains of marine, renewable resources.
We are pursuing the following product goals:
Natural, cosmetic skin lighteners based on secondary metabolites of marine algae,
Tailor-made marine algae sugar compounds for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries and as fine chemicals, and
Polysaccharide-utilizing enzymes as new biocatalysts.
From June to August 2021, an experiment with bladderwrack cultures was conducted at five stations along the Schlei (Schleswig, Stexwig, Missunde, Gut Bienebek, and Maasholm) as part of the BALI project. Two main questions were answered: 1.) Can bladderwrack be cultivated in the Schlei at all? and 2.) What influence does the increasing salinity along the stations have on the culture in terms of growth by other species?
Click here for the results, published by the Schlei Information Center:
Bladderwrack from the Flensburg Fjord, which was used for the experiment
This is what the experimental cultures looked like (here: station near the “Odin” restaurant in Schleswig)
