Light Signaling Regulates Aspergillus niger Biofilm Formation by Affecting Melanin and Extracellular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis

Wenjun Sun; Ying Yu; Jiao Chen; Bin Yu; Tianpeng Chen; Hanjie Ying; Shengmin Zhou; Pingkai Ouyang; Dong Liu; Yong Chen

doi:10.1128/mBio.03434-20

mBio (Feb 2021)

Light Signaling Regulates Aspergillus niger Biofilm Formation by Affecting Melanin and Extracellular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis

Wenjun Sun,
Ying Yu,
Jiao Chen,
Bin Yu,
Tianpeng Chen,
Hanjie Ying,
Shengmin Zhou,
Pingkai Ouyang,
Dong Liu,
Yong Chen

Affiliations

Wenjun Sun: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Ying Yu: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Jiao Chen: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Bin Yu: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Tianpeng Chen: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Hanjie Ying: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Shengmin Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Pingkai Ouyang: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Dong Liu: National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
Yong Chen: ORCiD; National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03434-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1

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As an important industrial filamentous fungus, Aspergillus nigerA. niger

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ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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