Isolation, Characterization and Pigment Production from Cryptococcus Neoformans in Pigeon Droppings and their UV Susceptibility
K. Perinbam¹, T. Sudhakar¹, A. Vijayakumar², J. Pandiyan³ and R. Radha4*¹PG and Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai .
²Loyola College, Chennai .
³Jaya College of Arts and Science, Chennai.
4Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
Abstract: C. neoformans was isolated from the pigeon droppings, out of 50 samples 3 isolates of C. neoformans was isolated and further studied for melanin pigment production using L-DOPA medium. Both melanised and non-melanised pigment was further subjected to UV susceptibility and the survival rate was studied at 254 nm based on the different old days and different exposure time. In this study the results release that melanised cells are able to survive than non-melanised which states melanin pigment has a capacity to protect itself from the various environmental factors to some extent which was absent in non-melanised.
Keywords: Isolation; characterization; Cryptococcus neoformans; UV susceptibility Back to TOC