Melanin production by a yeast strain XJ5-1 of Aureobasidium melanogenum isolated from the Taklimakan desert and its role in the yeast survival in stress environments

Extremophiles

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 567-577

  Jiang, Hong ^a   Liu, Nan Nan ^a   Liu, Guang Lei ^a   Chi, Zhe ^a   Wang, Jian Ming ^b   Zhang, Ly Ly ^b   Chi, Zhen Ming ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b the Production Engineering Laboratory of Characteristic Fruit Trees in Southern Xinjiang of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps   (China)

Author keywords

Black yeast; Mangrove ecosystem; Melanin; Resistance to harsh environments; The Taklimakan desert

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADAPTATION; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SALINITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; DESERT CLIMATE; GENES, FUNGAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MELANINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SALINITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84977100190     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-016-0843-9     Document Type: Article

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