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Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology

Light Signaling Regulates Aspergillus niger Biofilm Formation by Affecting Melanin and Extracellular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis

Wenjun Sun, Ying Yu, Jiao Chen, Bin Yu, Tianpeng Chen, Hanjie Ying, Shengmin Zhou, Pingkai Ouyang, Dong Liu, Yong Chen
Daniel Barkan, Editor
Wenjun Sun
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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Ying Yu
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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Jiao Chen
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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Bin Yu
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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Tianpeng Chen
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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Hanjie Ying
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
cSchool of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Shengmin Zhou
dState Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Pingkai Ouyang
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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Dong Liu
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
cSchool of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Yong Chen
aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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DOI: 10.1128/mBio.03434-20
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03434-20
PubMed 
33593965

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History 
  • Received December 7, 2020
  • Accepted January 4, 2021
  • Published online February 16, 2021.

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Copyright © 2021 Sun et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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  • Daniel Barkan, Editor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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  1. Wenjun Suna,b,
  2. Ying Yua,b,
  3. Jiao Chena,b,
  4. Bin Yua,b,
  5. Tianpeng Chena,b,
  6. Hanjie Yinga,b,c,
  7. Shengmin Zhoud,
  8. Pingkai Ouyanga,b,
  9. Dong Liua,b,c,
  10. Yong Chena,b
  1. aNational Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
  2. bState Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
  3. cSchool of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
  4. dState Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
  • Address correspondence to Dong Liu, liudong{at}njtech.edu.cn, or Yong Chen, chenyong1982{at}njtech.edu.cn.
  • Citation Sun W, Yu Y, Chen J, Yu B, Chen T, Ying H, Zhou S, Ouyang P, Liu D, Chen Y. 2021. Light signaling regulates Aspergillus niger biofilm formation by affecting melanin and extracellular polysaccharide biosynthesis. mBio 12:e03434-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03434-20.

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Wenjun Sun, Ying Yu, Jiao Chen, Bin Yu, Tianpeng Chen, Hanjie Ying, Shengmin Zhou, Pingkai Ouyang, Dong Liu, Yong Chen
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