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Functions of Fungal Melanin Beyond Virulence [PDF]
Fungal Biology Reviews, 2017 Radames J B Cordero, Arturo Casadevall
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Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2023 Description of the subject. Novel sensitizer environmentally friendly natural pigments with suitable colors for dye-sensitive solar cells (DSSCs) are required.
Laura Valdés-Santiago +5 more
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Fungi’s Swiss Army Knife: Pleiotropic Effect of Melanin in Fungal Pathogenesis during Cattle Mycosis
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Fungal threats to public health, food security, and biodiversity have escalated, with a significant rise in mycosis cases globally. Around 300 million people suffer from severe fungal diseases annually, while one-third of food crops are decimated by ...
Víctor Romero +3 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 The contribution of 1,8-dihydroxy naphthalene (DHN) melanin to cadmium (Cd) tolerance in two dark septate endophytes (DSE) of the genus Cadophora with different melanin content was investigated in vitro.
Mateja Potisek +5 more
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Melanization of Candida auris Is Associated with Alteration of Extracellular pH
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Candida auris is a recently emerged global fungal pathogen, which causes life-threatening infections, often in healthcare settings. C. auris infections are worrisome because the fungus is often resistant to multiple antifungal drug classes.
Daniel F. Q. Smith +10 more
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Genomic Analysis and Assessment of Melanin Synthesis in Amorphotheca resinae KUC3009
Journal of Fungi, 2021 This study reports the draft genome of Amorphotheca resinae KUC30009, a fungal isolate with promising industrial-scale melanin production potential. The mechanisms for melanin or melanin-related pigment formation of this strain were examined through ...
Jeong-Joo Oh +7 more
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Melanin Promotes Spore Production in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae, spreads through spores and invades rice through appressoria. Melanin is necessary for an appressorium to penetrate plant cells, but there are many unknown aspects of its role in fungal conidiation.
Pengyun Huang +9 more
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Melanin particles isolated from the fungus Fonsecaea pedrosoi activates the human complement system
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018 BACKGROUND Melanin production has been associated with virulence in various pathogenic fungi, including Fonsecaea pedrosoi, the major etiological agent for chromoblastomycosis, a subcutaneous fungal disease that occurs in South America.
Lysianne Pinto +7 more
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mSystems, 2023 Microbial necromass contributes significantly to both soil carbon (C) persistence and ecosystem nitrogen (N) availability, but quantitative estimates of C and N movement from necromass into soils and decomposer communities are lacking.
François Maillard +7 more
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Differential Antifungal Activity of Human and Cryptococcal Melanins with Structural Discrepancies
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Melanin is a pigment found in all biological kingdoms, and plays a key role in protection against ultraviolet radiation, oxidizing agents, and ionizing radiation damage. Melanin exerts an antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
Néstor Correa +12 more
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