Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus
Melanin is a natural pigment present in almost all biological group, and is composed by indolic polymers and characterized by black-brown colorization. Furthermore, it is one of the pigments produced by extremophiles including those living in Antarctic desert, and are mainly involved in their protec...
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ftunibolognairis:oai:cris.unibo.it:11585/755127 2024-09-15T17:46:52+00:00 Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus Pacelli C. Cassaro A. Maturilli A. Timperio A. M. Gevi F. Cavalazzi B. Stefan M. Ghica D Onofri S. Pacelli C., Cassaro A., Maturilli A., Timperio A.M., Gevi F., Cavalazzi B., Stefan M., Ghica D, Onofri S. 2020 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11585/755127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10666-0 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000535102000001 volume:104 firstpage:6385 lastpage:6395 numberofpages:11 journal:APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/11585/755127 doi:10.1007/s00253-020-10666-0 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85085363667 Extremophiles melanin Antarctica Raman infrared spectroscopy radiation electron paramagnetic resonance info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftunibolognairis https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10666-0 2024-06-24T14:24:34Z Melanin is a natural pigment present in almost all biological group, and is composed by indolic polymers and characterized by black-brown colorization. Furthermore, it is one of the pigments produced by extremophiles including those living in Antarctic desert, and are mainly involved in their protection from high UV radiation, desiccation, salinity and oxidation. Previous studies have shown that melanized species have an increase capability to survive high level of radiation compared to the non-melanized counterpart. Understanding the molecular composition of fungal melanin could help to understand this peculiar capability. Here, we aimed to characterize melanin pigment extracted from the Antarctic black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus, which is a good test model for radioprotection researches, by studying its chemical properties and spectral data. Our results demonstrated that, in spite having a specific type of melanin as the majority of fungi, the fungus possess the ability to produce both DHN and DOPA melanins, opening interesting scenario for the protection role against radiation. Researches on fungal melanin have a huge application in different field, including radioprotection, bioremediation and biomedical applications. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica antarcticus IRIS Università degli Studi di Bologna (CRIS - Current Research Information System) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 104 14 6385 6395 |
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Extremophiles melanin Antarctica Raman infrared spectroscopy radiation electron paramagnetic resonance Pacelli C. Cassaro A. Maturilli A. Timperio A. M. Gevi F. Cavalazzi B. Stefan M. Ghica D Onofri S. Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus |
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Melanin is a natural pigment present in almost all biological group, and is composed by indolic polymers and characterized by black-brown colorization. Furthermore, it is one of the pigments produced by extremophiles including those living in Antarctic desert, and are mainly involved in their protection from high UV radiation, desiccation, salinity and oxidation. Previous studies have shown that melanized species have an increase capability to survive high level of radiation compared to the non-melanized counterpart. Understanding the molecular composition of fungal melanin could help to understand this peculiar capability. Here, we aimed to characterize melanin pigment extracted from the Antarctic black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus, which is a good test model for radioprotection researches, by studying its chemical properties and spectral data. Our results demonstrated that, in spite having a specific type of melanin as the majority of fungi, the fungus possess the ability to produce both DHN and DOPA melanins, opening interesting scenario for the protection role against radiation. Researches on fungal melanin have a huge application in different field, including radioprotection, bioremediation and biomedical applications. |
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Pacelli C., Cassaro A., Maturilli A., Timperio A.M., Gevi F., Cavalazzi B., Stefan M., Ghica D, Onofri S. |
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Pacelli C. Cassaro A. Maturilli A. Timperio A. M. Gevi F. Cavalazzi B. Stefan M. Ghica D Onofri S. |
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Pacelli C. Cassaro A. Maturilli A. Timperio A. M. Gevi F. Cavalazzi B. Stefan M. Ghica D Onofri S. |
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Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus |
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Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus |
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Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus |
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Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus |
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Multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus |
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multidisciplinary characterization of melanin pigments from the black fungus cryomyces antarcticus |
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