Fungal melanins and their interactions with metals

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-317

  Fogarty, Robert V ^a   Tobin, John M ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Biosynthesis; Functional group; Fungal melanin; Metal ions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI; METALS; MICROORGANISMS;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BIOSORPTION; CELL WALLS; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPOROIDES; FUNGAL MELANIN; MICROBIAL ATTACK; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; TRIBUTYLTIN CHLORIDE;

PIGMENTS;

CADMIUM; COPPER ION; COPPER SULFATE; LEAD; MELANIN; METAL ION; NICKEL; TRIBUTYLTIN CHLORIDE; ZINC;

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BINDING SITE; CLADOSPORIUM; DESORPTION; MELANOGENESIS; METAL BINDING; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0030249910     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(96)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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