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Unveiling biological activities of marine fungi: the effect of sea salt

dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Micael F. M.
dc.contributor.authorPaço, Ana
dc.contributor.authorEscada, Luís F.
dc.contributor.authorAlbuquerque, Manuela S. F.
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Carlos A.
dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, Jorge A.
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Ana Sofia
dc.contributor.authorRocha-Santos, Teresa A. P.
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Ana Cristina
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Artur
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-19T10:08:33Z
dc.date.available2021-07-19T10:08:33Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-28
dc.description.abstractThere is an urgent need for new substances to overcome current challenges in the health sciences. Marine fungi are known producers of numerous compounds, but the manipulation of growth conditions for optimal compound production can be laborious and time-consuming. In Portugal, despite its very long coastline, there are only a few studies on marine fungi. From a collection of Portuguese marine fungi, we screened for antimicrobial, antioxidant, enzymatic, and cytotoxic activities. Mycelia aqueous extracts, obtained by high pressure-assisted extraction, and methanolic extracts of culture media showed high antioxidant, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic activities. The mycelium extracts of Cladosporium rubrum showed higher antioxidant potential compared to extracts from other fungi. Mycelia and culture media extracts of Aspergillus affinis and Penicillium lusitanum inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Kocuria rhizophila, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including multiresistant strains. Penicillium lusitanum and Trichoderma aestuarinum inhibited the growth of clinical strains of Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, and C. tropicalis. All extracts from culture media were cytotoxic to Vero cells. Sea salt induced alterations in the mycelium's chemical composition, leading to different activity profiles.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doi10.3390/app11136008pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85110191299
dc.identifier.issn2076-3417
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34171
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dc.language.isoengpt_PT
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAntimicrobialpt_PT
dc.subjectAntioxidantpt_PT
dc.subjectCytotoxicitypt_PT
dc.subjectExtracellular enzymespt_PT
dc.subjectFTIRpt_PT
dc.subjectMarine fungipt_PT
dc.titleUnveiling biological activities of marine fungi: the effect of sea saltpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue13pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleApplied Sciences (Switzerland)pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume11pt_PT
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