Black yeast

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Black yeasts, sometimes also black fungi, dematiaceous fungi, microcolonial fungi or meristematic fungi

environmental stresses.[7] The term "polyextremotolerance" has been introduced to describe this phenotype, an example of which is the species Aureobasidium pullulans.[8] Presence of 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melanin in the cell wall[9]
confers to the microfungi their characteristic olivaceous to dark brown/black colour.

The consortium comprises two

ant-fungi associations.[20]

In recent years, black fungi such as E. dermatitidis or

biofiltration,[22] effect of ionizing radiation in contaminated areas,[23][24] biodeterioration of materials,[25][26] and mechanisms of adaptation to high salt concentrations.[12] A collaborative effort coordinated by the Broad Institute is currently ongoing to sequence the genomes of several black fungi to shed light into their ecology, phylogeny and pathogenicity.[citation needed
]

In 2011, a research paper about occurrence of potentially pathogenic black fungi in household dishwashers[27] was partially misreported by the media and went viral.[citation needed]

Black yeasts are not related to the edible

cloud ear fungus Auricularia polytricha.[10][11]

References

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