Fungal Pigments 2021

• Other Authors: Dufossé, Laurent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; antimicrobial activity; cytotoxicity; secondary metabolites; Sordariales; xanthoquinodins; Aspergillus carbonarius; bioconversion; food processing industry by-product valorization; filamentous fungi; bio-based pigment; Myxomycetes; iridescence; pigmentation; evolution of color; mycelia; cell organization; living photonics; spalting; fungal pigment; xylindein; dramada; Chlorociboria aeruginosa; Chlorociboria aeruginascens; Scytalidium cuboideum; natural pigment; natural colorant; Amorphotheca resinae; fungal melanin; bioinformatics; melanin pigments; fungi pigments; types; structure; molecular elucidation; industrial microbiology; melanin; fungi; radioprotection; biotechnology; fungal pigments; natural pigments; azaphilones; production; biotechnological tools; non-mycotoxigenic strains; regulatory issues; Beauveria bassiana; biological control; oosporein; spore production; mycotoxins; safety evaluation; pigment toxicity; spectroscopy; Mars exploration; life-detection; pigments; nucleic acids; n/a
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New edition of the reprint Fungal pigments: Chapters titles: PART 1. Investigation on various chemical classes of fungal pigments: Genomic Analysis and Assessment of Melanin Synthesis in Amorphotheca resinae by Jeong-Joo Oh et al.; Fungal Melanins and Applications in Healthcare, Bioremediation and Industry by Ellie Rose Mattoon et al.; Recent Findings in Azaphilone Pigments by Lúcia P. S. Pimenta et al.; Characterization of a Biofilm Bioreactor Designed for the Single-Step Production of Aerial Conidia and Oosporein by Beauveria bassiana PQ2 by Héctor Raziel Lara-Juache et al.; PART 2. Molecular characterization: Molecular Characterization of Fungal Pigments by Miriam S. Valenzuela-Gloria et al.; PART 3. Biological properties: Seven New Cytotoxic and Antimicrobial Xanthoquinodins from Jugulospora vestita by Lulu Shao et al.; PART 4. Toxicity assessment and safety evaluation of fungal pigments: Safety Evaluation of Fungal Pigments for Food Applications by Rajendran Poorniammal et al.; Preliminary Examination of the Toxicity of Spalting Fungal Pigments: A Comparison between Extraction Methods by Badria H. Almurshidi et al.; PART 5. Use of by-products or waste for industrial production of fungal pigments: Production of Bio-Based Pigments from Food Processing Industry By-Products Using Aspergillus carbonarius by Ezgi Bezirhan Arikan et al.; PART 6. Prospective aspects and brainstorming: Does Structural Color Exist in True Fungi? by Juliet Brodie et al.; Fungal Biomarkers Stability in Mars Regolith Analogues after Simulated Space and Mars-like Conditions by Alessia Cassaro et al.