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ArticleScientific reports2022

Evaluating changes in growth and pigmentation of Cladosporium cladosporioides and Paecilomyces variotii in response to gamma and ultraviolet irradiation.

Jesse Bland, Lisa Astuto Gribble, Michael C Hamel, Jeremy B Wright, Garrett Moormann, Marlene Bachand, Ginger Wright, George D Bachand

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jesse BlandCenter for Global Security and Cooperation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA. jjbland@sandia.gov.
Lisa Astuto GribbleCenter for Global Security and Cooperation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
Michael C HamelCenter for Global Security and Cooperation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
Jeremy B WrightCenter for Monitoring Systems and Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
Garrett MoormannCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
Marlene BachandCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
Ginger WrightCenter for Global Security and Cooperation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
George D BachandCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA. gdbacha@sandia.gov.
Sandia National Laboratories · USCenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies · USSandia National Laboratories California · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanin-containing fungi (black molds) have the capacity to thrive under extreme environmental conditions such as the elevated radiation levels inside the former Chernobyl reactors. These fungi have been hypothesized to grow toward and use gamma radiation as an energy source, but the literature does not clearly address which energies of the electromagnetic spectrum, if any, positively affect fungal growth. The goal of this work was to characterize the response of non-melanized and melanized fungi to two distinct electromagnetic wavelengths, i.e., ultraviolet (UV) and gamma ray, keeping absorption and other potentially confounding variables constant. Exposure to UV or gamma radiation induced significant changes in fungi pigmentation, but not growth rate of Cladosporium cladosporioides and Paecilomyces variotii. Specifically, increased pigmentation of both fungi was observed in samples exposed to UV, while decreased pigmentation was observed for gamma-irradiated samples. These results provide new insights into the role of electromagnetic energies on growth of fungi and provide an impetus to examine additional energies and types of radiation to develop a fundamental understanding of this phenomenon.

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CladosporiumGamma RaysPigmentationUltraviolet RaysByssochlamysMelaninsMelanins

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PMID35840596
PMCPMC9287308
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