Evidence for 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melanin in three halophilic black yeasts grown under saline and non-saline conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-209

  Kogej, Tina ^a   Wheeler, Michael H ^b   Rižner, Tea Lanišnik ^a   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1,8 Dihydroxynaphthalene melanin; Halophilic black yeast; Hortaea werneckii; Phaeotheca triangularis; Trimmatostroma salinum

Indexed keywords

1,8 DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE MELANIN; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL; DOPA; GAMMA GLUTAMYL 3,4 DIHYDROXYBENZENE; GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRICYCLAZOLE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORTAEA WERNECKII; NONHUMAN; PHAEOTHECA TRIANGULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIMMATOSTROMA SALINUM; YEAST;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CULTURE MEDIA; MELANINS; NAPHTHOLS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAZOLES; YEASTS;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; FUNGI; HORTAEA; HORTAEA WERNECKII; PHAEOTHECA; PHAEOTHECA TRIANGULARIS; TRIMMATOSTROMA; TRIMMATOSTROMA SALINUM;

EID: 1842524052     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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