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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2022
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, CN;
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, CN;
Peiyuan Qian, Hong Kong, CN;
Weiyi She, Hong Kong, CN;
Aifang Cheng, Hong Kong, CN;
Wenkang Ye, Hong Kong, CN;
Ruojun Wang, Hong Kong, CN;
Jinping Cheng, Hong Kong, CN;
Chunfeng Ma, Hong Kong, CN;
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, CN;
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, CN;
Abstract
The present invention provides potent antibiofilm and antifouling compounds albofungin and derivatives thereof isolated fromBCC 24770, the construction of high-yield strains for albofungin production, and application of albofungin-based copolymer coatings to object or surfaces, particularly to inhibit fouling by marine organisms using hydrolysable and degradable antifouling coatings incorporated with albofungins.