The fungus Gliocephalotrichum simplex as a source of abundant, extracellular melanin for biotechnological applications

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-512

  Jalmi, Pratibha ^a   Bodke, Pranali ^a   Wahidullah, Solimabi ^b   Raghukumar, Seshagiri ^a  

^a Myko Tech Private Limited   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Chemistry; Extracellular; Fungus; Melanin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CULTURE CONDITIONS; DIHYDROXYINDOLE; EUMELANINS; EXTRACELLULAR; FULL FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; H NMR SPECTRA; HIGH YIELD; MELANIN; PLACKETT-BURMAN; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; UV ABSORBANCE; UV PROTECTION; UV- AND;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTS; FUNGI; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; MELANINS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLIOCEPHALOTRICHUM;

EID: 84856466950     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0841-0     Document Type: Article

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