МІКРОСКОПІЧНІ ГРИБИ В КОЛЕКЦІЇ FCKU ННЦ «ІНСТИТУТ БІОЛОГІЇ ТА МЕДИЦИНИ» КИЇВСЬКОГО НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ ІМЕНІ ТАРАСА ШЕВЧЕНКА – ВИКОРИСТАННЯ В ЕКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНІЙ НАУКОВІЙ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ

Abstract

Data on the collection of living cultures of microscopic fungi, which is part of the collection “Culture Collection of Fungi at Kyiv University”, WDCM 1000 (the FCKU, an official acronym of collection) are provided. The collection contains 540 microscopic fungal isolates (filamentous fungi and yeast) belonging to Zygomycota , Ascomycota , Basidiomycota (yeasts of the genera Pseudonadsoniella and Rhodotorula ). By the number of genera and species of microscopic fungi, the group has the largest collection of Anamorphic fungi. It is shown that collecting isolates of microscopic fungi are widely used in different directions of experimental research conducted in the ESC “Institute of Biology and Medicine” of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. The main directions and results of long-term researches using the black yeast fungi Pseudonadsoniella brunnea 470 FCKU, producer of melanin, are characterized especially.Experimental studies of the properties of melanin showed that this substance exhibits cytoprotective, stress-protective, antibacterial, antioxi­dant, and wound healing effects, which allows melanin to be considered as a promising substance for a number of drugs with numerous positive properties.