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Fungal Pigments: Their Diversity, Chemistry, Food and Non-Food Applications

Applied Microbiology, 2023
Colorants have many applications in food, cosmetics, pharmaceutics, textile, paints, plastics, paper, ink and photographic industries. Colorants are classified according to their solubility into dyes and pigments.
Waill Elkhateeb, Ghoson Daba
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Valorization of novel bifunctional waterborne coatings with UV irradiation resistance and antimicrobial activity

Scientific Reports
This research aimed to create bifunctional acrylic waterborne coatings capable of absorbing UV radiation and resisting microbial growth. The compound 4-[2(3-acetylphenyl) diazenyl]-3,5-dimethylphenol (ADD) was incorporated into the waterborne acrylic ...
Walaa M. Abd El-Gawad, Hossam M. El-Masry, T. A. Zidan   +2 more
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Natural Biomaterials for Osteochondral Repair: From Source to Strategy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Biological origin‐guided overview of natural biomaterials and therapeutic strategies for osteochondral tissue engineering. The circular diagram categorizes representative materials and strategies into plant/algae‐derived, microbial‐derived, animal‐derived, and human‐derived sources, centered on an osteochondral defect repair model.
Hengyu Liu, Hanyang Zhang, Wenbo Yang, Hao Chen, Jincheng Wang, Fei Chang   +5 more
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Sex‐Specific Regulation of Glycemic Homeostasis by Theabrownin from Pu‐erh Tea

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Pu‐erh tea's key component, theabrownin (TB), lowers blood glucose in a sex‐specific manner. In females, estrogen boosts intestinal MUC2 production, which dramatically enhances TB's ability to inhibit the carbohydrate‐digesting enzyme α‐glucosidase.
Yang Li, Junliang Kuang, Dan Zheng, Jieyi Wang, Kun Ge, Chun Qu, Xiaojiao Zheng, Zhenxing Ren, Fengjie Huang, Mingliang Zhao, Yimin Sun, Huiheng Zhang, Keke Ding, Xixi Xia, Yajun Tang, Lu Liu, Jian Zhou, Fei Gao, Xiaohui Ma, Yongquan Xu, Guoxiang Xie, Aihua Zhao, Wei Jia   +22 more
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s greenish-blue pigment pyocyanin: its production and biological activities

Microbial Cell Factories, 2023
A subject of great interest is the bioprospecting of microorganisms and their bioactive byproducts, such as pigments. Microbial pigments have various benefits, including being safe to use due to their natural makeup, having therapeutic effects, and being
Ahmed A. Abdelaziz, Amal M. Abo Kamer, Khaled B. Al-Monofy, Lamiaa A. Al-Madboly   +3 more
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Two Routes to Land: Genomic Underpinnings of Parallel Aerial Egg Deposition in Aquatic Old‐World Pila and New‐World Pomacea (Ampullariidae)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Comparative genomics of Gondwana‐diverged Pila and Pomacea reveals parallel evolution of aerial oviposition. Convergent chromosomal rearrangements reshape regulatory landscapes within topologically associating domains. Lineage‐specific gene family expansions and viral‐derived perivitelline proteins (PV1) underpin desiccation resistance.
Yufei Zhou, Huawei Mu, Xueying Nie, Yue Gao, Hui Wang, Ling Fang, Tiangang Luan, Monthon Ganmanee, Jian‐Wen Qiu, Jin Sun, Jack Chi‐Ho Ip   +10 more
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The Microbial Palette: From Bioprospecting to Genetic Engineering of Microbial Pigments

Fermentation
Microbial pigments are secondary metabolites that represent promising alternatives to synthetic colorants, offering advantages even over other natural sources.
Bruna Lise Tusset, Iago Mocelin, Lorenza Corti Villa, Alice Elvira Teixeira dos Santos, Rafael de Matos, Lívia Kmetzsch, Fernanda Cortez Lopes   +6 more
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Introgressed Variation in TaMYB7‐A1 Drives Graded Dormancy and Climate‐Adaptive Pre‐Harvest Sprouting Resistance in Wheat

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
TaMYB7‐A1 directly activates TaABI5 to enhance ABA signaling and regulate ABA‐GA homeostasis, enforcing seed dormancy. Its superior allele, derived from wild einkorn introgression, harbors a MITE insertion that elevates expression and two amino acid substitutions that enhance transcriptional activity, collectively generating graded PHS resistance for ...
Hao Wang, Dongzhi Wang, Yafei Guo, Qi Zheng, Min Zhang, James Simmonds, Jian Hou, Xuemei Liu, Xuelei Lin, Xiaomin Bie, Xiansheng Zhang, Xiaohui Li, Yuan Chen, Xueyong Zhang, Cristobal Uauy, Fei Lu, Chengcai Chu, Zhixi Tian, Jun Xiao   +18 more
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Fungal and Bacterial Pigments: Secondary Metabolites with Wide Applications

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
The demand for natural colors is increasing day by day due to harmful effects of some synthetic dyes. Bacterial and fungal pigments provide a readily available alternative source of naturally derived pigments.
Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao, Min Xiao, Wen-Jun Li, Wen-Jun Li   +3 more
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Engineering an Optogenetic pH‐Modulator in Bacteria

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cells in many naturally occurring organisms routinely cooperate to control their extracellular pH in a dynamic and reversible manner, but this capability has been underexplored in synthetic biology. Here, we sought to engineer a microbial system that switches between two states —high and low extracellular pH— with minimal human intervention ...
Jenevieve Kuang, Olivia J. Armendarez, Wei‐Ting Chang, Matthew M. Hausladen, Shanna Bonanno, Daniel J. Wilson, Neel S. Joshi, Leila F. Deravi   +7 more
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