Fungal pigments 2021
Résumé
Following the previous Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X) “Fungal Pigments ”, Special Issue
edited and published in 2017, with 10 papers and the “Fungal Pigments ”, printed edition of 134
pages, the time has come to publish a new edition entitled “Fungal Pigments 2021 ”, which present
the latest scientific advances in this field.
With the impact of globalization in research trends, the search for healthier lifestyles, the
increasing public demand for natural, organic, and ‘clean labelled’products, as well as the growing
global market for natural colorants in economically fast-growing countries all over the world,
filamentous fungi started to be investigated as readily available sources of chemically diverse
pigments and colorants. For all of these reasons, this Special Issue of the Journal of Fungi highlight
exciting findings, which may pave the way for alternative and/or additional biotechnological
processes for industrial applications of fungal pigments and colorants. Research papers and
reviews about fungal biodiversity from terrestrial and marine origins were welcome, bringing new
elements about fungi as potential sources of well-known carotenoid pigments (e.g., beta-carotene,
lycopene) and other specific pigmented polyketide molecules, such as Monascus and Monascus-like
azaphilones, which are yet not known to be biosynthesized by any other organisms, like higher
plants. These polyketide pigments also include promising, and unexplored hydroxy-anthraquinoid
colorants from Ascomycetous species. The investigation of biosynthetic pathways of the
carotenoids and polyketide-derivative-colored molecules (i.e., azaphilones, hydroxyanthraquinones,
and naphthoquinones) in pigment-producing fungal species brought some articles. Contributions
about alternative greener extraction processes of fungal colored compounds, along with current
industrial applications, description of their limits, and further opportunities for the use of fungal
pigments in beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, textile, and painting areas are part of this
Special Issue.
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