Microbial melanin: Recent advances in biosynthesis, extraction, characterization, and applications

S Singh, SB Nimse, DE Mathew, A Dhimmar… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Melanin is a common name for a group of biopolymers with the dominance of potential
applications in medical sciences, cosmeceutical, bioremediation, and bioelectronic …

[HTML][HTML] Melanin: A promising source of functional food ingredient

X Yang, C Tang, Q Zhao, Y Jia, Y Qin… - Journal of Functional …, 2023 - Elsevier
Melanin as a natural pigment widely exists in animals, plants, fungi and bacteria. In vivo and
in vitro tests have proven that melanin has a variety of health-promoting effects, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Bioprocess of microbial melanin production and isolation

KY Choi - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Melanin is one of the most abundant pigments found in the biosphere. Owing to its high
biocompatibility and diverse biological activities, it has been widely applied as a functional …

[HTML][HTML] Whey Protein Concentrate/Isolate Biofunctional Films Modified with Melanin from Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Seeds

Ł Łopusiewicz, E Drozłowska, P Trocer, M Kostek… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Valorization of food industry waste and plant residues represents an attractive path towards
obtaining biodegradable materials and achieving “zero waste” goals. Here, melanin was …

Bacillibactin class siderophores produced by the endophyte Bacillus subtilis NPROOT3 as antimycobacterial agents

Y Nalli, S Singh, A Gajjar, B Mahizhaveni… - Letters in Applied …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The bacterial endophytes isolated from the halophyte Salicornia brachiata were explored for
the antimicrobial potential to discover novel microbial inhibitors that combat multidrug …

[HTML][HTML] Endophytes from halotolerant plants aimed to overcome salinity and draught

VK Chebotar, EP Chizhevskaya, ME Baganova… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of our research was to study the endosphere of four halophytic plants: Salicornia
europaea L., Salsola australis (R. Br.), Bassia sedoides (Pall.) and Kochia prostrata (L.) …

Biosynthetic melanin with excellent performance can be used for heavy metal adsorption

Z Peng, S Luo, D Zhao, J Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Melanin is a complex polymer composed of indole and/or phenolic monomers, which show
the potential to adsorb heavy metals in water due to their numerous functional groups …

Natural eumelanin-based porous N-doped carbon as an active bio-catalyst for base-and initiator-free aerobic oxidation of olefins and alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons

VA Ghadge, K Ravi, DR Naikwadi, PB Shinde… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Eumelanin is an indolic biopolymer with catechol and heteroatom groups that possess
highly redox active sites and a single source of nitrogen and carbon and could be an …

Proteomic investigation reveals the role of bacterial laccase from Bacillus pumilus in oxidative stress defense

B Li, Z Jin, F Yang, H Li, J Liu, Z Jiang - Journal of Proteomics, 2024 - Elsevier
The wide distribution of laccases in nature makes them involved in different biological
processes. However, little information is known about how laccase participates in the …

A comparative characterization study between fungal and bacterial eumelanin pigments

S Bayram - Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Melanins are the most common and the most enigmatic natural pigments in the nature that
found in many different taxa group such as bacteria, yeasts, fungi, insects, plants, reptiles …