The photochemical and surface-active properties of melanins isolated from some black fungi

Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 410-416

  Turkovskii, I I ^a   Yurlova, N A ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Black fungi; Melanin; Photomodification

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; FUNGI; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; VIOLA ADUNCA;

EID: 27744483201     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019837309056     Document Type: Article

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