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Table 4 Enhanced melanin production from microbial in origin at a glance

From: Synergy of melanin and vitamin-D may play a fundamental role in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections and halt COVID-19 by inactivating furin protease

Bacterial strain

References

Fungal strain

References

Actinoalloteichus sp.MA32Streptomycessp.,

Vibrio cholerae and Shewanella col welliana

Manivasagan et al., 2013.) [99]

Vasanthabharathi et al., 2011 [88]

Cryptococcusneoformans, S. schenckii, P. brasiliensis, Pneumocystis sp, Aspergillus fumigatus, Alternaria alternate, Cladosporium sp. Yarrowiali polytica

Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis, Cladosporiumcarrioni, and Fonsecaea pedrosoi

Spergillusnidulans, Aspergillus niger, Exophiala jeanselmei, Fonsecaea compacta, Hendersonula toruloidii,

Phaeoannellomyces wernickii, Phialophora richardsiae,

P. verrucosa, Xylo hyphabantiana, Histoplasma capsulatum

Nosanchuk et al., 2006 [100]

Apte et al., 2013 [101].

Romero-Martinez et al., 2000 [102]

Jacobson, 2000 [103]

Gómez and Nosanchuk, 2003 [104]