Melanin Synthesized by the Endophytic AKW: A Multifaceted Biomolecule with Antioxidant, Wound Healing, and Selective Anti-Cancer Activity.

Introduction: This study explores the potential of the endophytic fungus Aureobasidium pullulans AKW for melanin production and its anticancer activity.

Method: We report a significant achievement: AKW synthesized 4.89 g/l of melanin in a simple fermentation medium devoid of tyrosine, a precursor typically required for melanin biosynthesis.

Optimization of pullulan production by Aureobasidium pullulans using semi-solid-state fermentation and artificial neural networks: Characterization and antibacterial activity of pullulan impregnated with Ag-TiO nanocomposite.

This study presents a novel and efficient approach for pullulan production using artificial neural networks (ANNs) to optimize semi-solid-state fermentation (S-SSF) on faba bean biomass (FBB). This method achieved a record-breaking pullulan yield of 36.81 mg/g within 10.

Multifaceted chemical and bioactive features of Ag@TiO and Ag@SeO core/shell nanoparticles biosynthesized using L. extract.

Due to increasing concerns about environmental impact and toxicity, developing green and sustainable methods for nanoparticle synthesis is attracting significant interest. This work reports the successful green synthesis of silver (Ag), silver-titanium dioxide (Ag@TiO), and silver-selenium dioxide (Ag@SeO) nanoparticles (NPs) using L. extract.

Turmeric extract-mediated biogenic synthesis of Ag@SeO magnetic nanoparticles: characterization, optimization, antibacterial and antioxidant activities.

This study bio-synthesized Ag@SeO bmNPs successfully, using turmeric ethanol extract, and characterized them using various techniques. The FT-IR analysis reveals the involvement of these plant-derived compounds, especially phenolics, in the reduction process by acting as electron donors and stabilizing/capping agents. Zeta potential analysis showed a slight negative surface charge for the stability of Ag@SeO NPs, where TEM revealed spherical nanoparticles with an average size of 20 nm.

A Comparative Study of Cr(VI) Sorption by AKW Biomass and Its Extracellular Melanin: Complementary Modeling with Equilibrium Isotherms, Kinetic Studies, and Decision Tree Modeling.

Melanin as a natural polymer is found in all living organisms, and plays an important role in protecting the body from harmful UV rays from the sun. The efficiency of fungal biomass () and its extracellular melanin as Cr(VI) biosorbents was comparatively considered. The efficiency of Cr(VI) biosorption by the two sorbents used was augmented up to 240 min.

A comparative study using response surface methodology and artificial neural network towards optimized production of melanin by Aureobasidium pullulans AKW.

The effect of three independent variables (i.e., tyrosine, sucrose, and incubation time) on melanin production by Aureobasidium pullulans AKW was unraveled by two distinctive approaches: response surface methodology (i.

Rotatable central composite design versus artificial neural network for modeling biosorption of Cr by the immobilized Pseudomonas alcaliphila NEWG-2.

Heavy metals, including chromium, are associated with developed industrialization and technological processes, causing imbalanced ecosystems and severe health concerns. The current study is of supreme priority because there is no previous work that dealt with the modeling of the optimization of the biosorption process by the immobilized cells. The significant parameters (immobilized bacterial cells, contact time, and initial Cr concentrations), affecting Cr biosorption by immobilized Pseudomonas alcaliphila, was verified, using the Plackett-Burman matrix.

Author Correction: Statistical modeling-approach for optimization of Cu biosorption by Azotobacter nigricans NEWG-1; characterization and application of immobilized cells for metal removal.

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Innovative low-cost biosorption process of Cr by Pseudomonas alcaliphila NEWG-2.

Chromium is one of the heavy metal pollutants that causing risky health issues when discharged into the aquatic ecosystems. The current investigation focused on the bioremoval of Cr depending on the bacterial sorption process by using Pseudomonas sp. NEWG-2 which was identified on the basis of morphological, cultural characteristics, 16S rRNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis as Pseudomonas alcaliphila strain NEWG-2.

Statistical modeling-approach for optimization of Cu biosorption by Azotobacter nigricans NEWG-1; characterization and application of immobilized cells for metal removal.

Heavy metals are environmental pollutants affect the integrity and distribution of living organisms in the ecosystem and also humans across the food chain. The study targeted the removal of copper (Cu) from aqueous solutions, depending on the biosorption process. The bacterial candidate was identified using 16S rRNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis, in addition to morphological and cultural properties as Azotobacter nigricans NEWG-1.

Lysine and Glutamic Acids as the End Products of Multi-response of Optimized Fermented Medium by Mucor mucedo KP736529.

Background: Amino acids are important for living organisms, they acting as crucial for metabolic activities and energy generation, wherein the deficiency in these amino acids cause various physiological defects.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of some nutritional factors on the amino acids production by Mucor mucedo KP736529 during fermentation intervals.

Methodology: Mucor mucedo KP736529 was selected according to proteolytic activity.

Organic acids associated with saccharification of cellulosic wastes during solid-state fermentation.

Saccharification of five cellulosic wastes, i.e. rice husks, wheat bran, corn cobs, wheat straw and rice straw by three cellulytic fungi, i.