The fungal cell wall is located outside the plasma membrane and is the cell compartment
that mediates all the relationships of the cell with the environment. It protects the contents of …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced by all domains of life. In Gram-negative bacteria,
EVs are produced by the pinching off of the outer membrane; however, how EVs escape the …

During the past decade, melanins and melanogenesis have attracted growing interest for a
broad range of biomedical and technological applications. The burst of polydopamine …

Many Fungi have a well-developed secondary metabolism. The diversity of fungal species
and the diversification of biosynthetic gene clusters underscores a nearly limitless potential …

This review presents a general view of all types of melanin in all types of organisms. Melanin
is frequently considered just an animal cutaneous pigment and is treated separately from …

Covering: through June 2021 Terpenoids are the largest class of natural products
recognised to date. While mostly known to humans as bioactive plant metabolites and part of …

In this present study, a newly isolated strain, Streptomyces sp. NEAE-H, capable of
producing high amount of black extracellular melanin pigment on peptone-yeast extract iron …

Despite considerable advances in the past decade, melanin research still suffers from the
lack of universally accepted and shared nomenclature, methodologies, and structural …

Copper (Cu) is a redox-active metal ion essential for most aerobic organisms. Cu serves as
a catalytic and structural cofactor for enzymes that function in energy generation, iron …

Melanized or dematiaceous fungi are associated with a wide variety of infectious
syndromes. Many are soil organisms and are generally distributed worldwide, though …