Melanin is effective in protecting fast and slow growing fungi from various types of ionizing radiation

C Pacelli, RA Bryan, S Onofri… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Melanin is a ubiquitous pigment with unique physicochemical properties. The resistance of
melanized fungi to cosmic and terrestrial ionizing radiation suggests that melanin also plays …

Resistance of an Antarctic cryptoendolithic black fungus to radiation gives new insights of astrobiological relevance

L Selbmann, C Pacelli, L Zucconi, E Dadachova… - Fungal biology, 2018 - Elsevier
The Antarctic black meristematic fungus Cryomyces antarcticus CCFEE 515 occurs
endolithically in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, one of the best analogue for Mars …

Evaluating changes in growth and pigmentation of Cladosporium cladosporioides and Paecilomyces variotii in response to gamma and ultraviolet irradiation

J Bland, LA Gribble, MC Hamel, JB Wright… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Melanin-containing fungi (black molds) have the capacity to thrive under extreme
environmental conditions such as the elevated radiation levels inside the former Chernobyl …

Morphological significance of Cladosporium contaminants on materials and utensils in contact with food

T Ohta, BJ Park, M Aihara, N Ri, T Saito… - Biocontrol …, 2006 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Cladosporium is widely recognized as a common contaminant in food, wood, plastics,
rubber and other environmental materials (Pitt et al., 1997; Samson et al., 2002; Takatori …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of gamma irradiation on biophysical and protection properties of melanin

MM Ghannam, MM Mady - International Journal of Physical …, 2012 - academicjournals.org
Melanins are natural pigments distributed in living organisms and they are responsible for
pigmentation of surface structure. In the present work, gel exclusion chromatography …

[PDF][PDF] Mycoflora and DNA sequencing analysis of radioresistant fungi isolated from irradiated vehicular air conditioning filters collected in São Paulo, Brazil

S Aquino, JEA de Lima, TA dos Reis, B Correa… - 2021 - academia.edu
Fungal bioburdens in filters from car air conditioning systems represent a potential risk of
respiratory or pulmonary diseases to both passengers and drivers. The present study …

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