Table 5.
Productivity of melanin by microorganisms including A. pullulans AKW relative to other previous studies.
| Organism | Yield (g/L) | Incubation period (h) | Productivity (g/day) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fungi | ||||
| Aureobasidium pullulans AKW | 10.19 | 168 | 1.46 | Current study |
| Gliocephalotrichum simplex | 6.60 | 144 | 1.10 | Jalmi et al.40 |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | 0.10 | 240 | 0.01 | Raman et al.12 |
| Auricularia auricula | 2.97 | 192 | 0.37 | Sun et al.39 |
| Armillaria borealis | 11.58 | 2328 | 0.12 | Ribera et al.38 |
| Armillaria cepistipes | 27.98 | 3864 | 0.17 | |
| Daldinia concentrica | 1.78 | 1752 | 0.02 | |
| Bacteria | ||||
| Zymomonas mobilis | 3.20 | 120 | 0.64 | Chávez-Béjar et al.41 |
| Nocardiopsis alba MSA10 | 3.40 | 168 | 0.49 | Kiran et al.42 |
| Bacillus safensis | 6.90 | 24 | 6.90 | Tarangini and Mishra43 |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | 6.70 | 10 | 16.08 | Choi8 |
| Actinomycetes | ||||
| Streptomyces kathirae SC-1 | 13.70 | 120 | 2.74 | Guo et al.44 |
| Streptomyces sp. ZL-24 | 4.20 | 120 | 0.84 | Wang et al.45 |
| Streptomyces puniceus RHPR9 | 0.39 | 168 | 0.06 | Polapally et al.46 |