Gagome

<i>Kjellmaniella</i>

Kjellmaniella

Species of brown algae

Kjellmaniella is a monotypic genus of kelp (large brown algae) comprising the species Kjellmaniella crassifolia, known as gagome (ガゴメ/籠目) in Japanese.[5][6]

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It occupies sub-tidal[7] (sublittoral[8]) habitats similar to kombu but in deeper waters,[9] found (anchored to rocky substrates) by its holdfast connected to the stipe. The latter bears undivided blades, as typical for kelp species.[10]

It is characterized by textures appearing on the frond, described as dekoboko (凸凹, paraphrasable as 'bumps and dimples')[11][12] or "gyrations". The species is found growing in the waters of Japan, Korea Russian Far East (and Sakhalin).[2][10]

The compounded name gagome kombu (ガゴメコンブ/籠目昆布, 'gagome kelp') was proposed as standard Japanese common name in 2007.[14] This was prompted by reclassification under the Saccharina genus by Lane et al., 2006, though this was later reversed back to Kjellmaniella by Starko et al., 2019, cowritten by Yotsukura.[5][15] The algae is also known informally as gamo in the seafood market.[16]

The species has received attention in recent years not just for fucoidan content[10] but a more multilateral profile of fucoidan chemicals compared to other seaweeds, and they are now used in dietary supplements, cosmetics, and various processed foods[17] (Cf. § Uses for the particulars).

Distribution

In the waters around Japan, the seaweed grows from southern Hokkaido down to the northern coasts of Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture. They also grow in south Sakhalin, the vicinity of Strait of Tartary and the northern east coasts of the Korean Peninsula.[18]

Uses

The seaweed is edible.

Among its use as processed foods include tororo kombu [ja] or oboro kombu (machine- or hand-shaved shavings), Matsumae-zuke, and shio kombu [ja] (simmered in soy sauce).[16]

A rice dish called gagome meshi (がごめ飯) was developed in a collaborative effort for Hakodate city, as a new signature food item.[19] As the name may suggest, this is rice mixed with chopped gagome seaweed, topped with various seafood.[20]

In Hakodate, during the COVID-19 scare, gagome-kombu candy drops were freely distributed, with a costumed person dressed up as yuru-chara mascot Gagomeman (ガゴメマン) (designed by Prof. Hajime Yasui of Hokkaido U.[20]) participating in the handing-out.[21]

The gagome (개다지마[?], gaedajima[?]) is also amongst the seaweed harvested as "foodstuff" in parts of Korea also.[7]

Culinary use

See also: Kombu

See also

  • Edible seaweed – Algae that can be eaten and used for culinary purposes
  • Fucoidan – Group of fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides
  • Kelp – Large brown seaweeds in the order Laminariales

References

Citations

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    Yoshida, Tadao; Yoshinaga, Kazuo (10 July 2010), "Nihon san kaisō mokuroku" 日本産海藻目録 (PDF), Sōrui 藻類 [Japanese Journal of Phycology], 58 (Revised ed.): 82
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    Starko, Samuel; Soto Gomez, Marybel; Darby, Hayley; Demes, Kyle W.; Kawai, Hiroshi; Yotsukura, Norishige; Lindstrom, Sandra C.; Keeling, Patrick J.; Graham, Sean W.; Martone, Patrick T. (July 2019). "A comprehensive kelp phylogeny sheds light on the evolution of an ecosystem" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 148. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.012. PMID 30980936. S2CID 113407808.
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    Oh, Yoon Sik; Lee, In Kyu; Boo, Sung Min (1990). "An Annotated Account of Korean Economic Seaweeds for Food, Medical and Industrial Uses" (PDF). The Korean Journal of Phycology. 5 (1): 61., regarding "foodstuff", it cites: Kang, J. W. (1968) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea, Vol. 8, Marine Algae. Seoul: Ministry of Education
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    Tani et al. (2015), p. 235.
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    Yotsukura (2007).[13]
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    Ōishi, Kei'ichi; Harada, Takeo (1987), "Nihonkai ni okeru kombu yusōro seiritsu no rekishiteki kōsatsu" 日本海における昆布輸送路成立の歴史的考察, in Yunoki, Manabu [in Japanese] (ed.), Nihongkai suijō kōtsū shi 日本海水上交通史, vol. 2, Bunken shuppan, p. 23, 籠(カゴ)の目状の模様のあるトロロコンプ属のガゴメは、市場でガモと称され、独特の強い粘りがあるので、とろろ・おぼろ、松前漬けなどに加工されているが、最近は塩昆布の材料としても利用されている
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    Tani et al. (2015), p. 235 citing:
    • Sakai, Takeshi; Kato, Ikunoshin (2001) "Functionality and health food application of seaweed fucoidans コンブフコイダンの機能性と健康食品への利用". New Food Industry, 43: 8–12,
    • Sakai; Kato (2002)
    • Kobayashi, Daisuke; Tani, Takashi; Yasui, Hajime (2011). "Kagome konbu no miryoku to baio fāmingu ガゴメコンブの魅力とバイオファーミング" Biophilia，7: 37–41
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    "Hakodate kodawari Gurume (totteoki no mise mītsuketa)" 函館こだわりグルメ（とっておきの店見～つけた）. Rurubu Hakodate Onuma Goryokaku '19 るるぶ函館 大沼 五稜郭’19 [Hakodate's discerning gourmet (select restaurant found)]. JTB Publishing. 2018. p. 34. ISBN 9784533125294.; also "Hitoaji chigau tokusanhin ga tabetai: Dōnan shokuzai ひと味違う特産品が食べたい道南食材" describing the sepecialty food ingredients of Southern Hokkaido, same page.
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