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Violacein has attracted increasing attention due to its various biological activities, such as antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidative, and antitumor effects.
Kuan-Chen Cheng +6 more
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The Realm of Microbial Pigments in the Food Color Market
Colors are added to food items to make them more attractive and appealing. Food colorants therefore, have an impressive market due to the requirements of food industries. A variety of synthetic coloring agents approved as food additives are available and
Babita Rana +4 more
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The current investigation was conducted to maximise the production of the natural anticancer drug from the microbe isolated from the marine soil sample of the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal region of India.
R. Kavitha, N. Damodharan
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Raman Spectroscopy of Microbial Pigments [PDF]
ABSTRACT Raman spectroscopy is a rapid nondestructive technique providing spectroscopic and structural information on both organic and inorganic molecular compounds. Extensive applications for the method in the characterization of pigments have been found.
Jehlička, J. +2 more
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Stability kinetics of orevactaene pigments produced by Epicoccum nigrum in solid-state fermentation
Orevactaene yellow pigment was produced by solid-state fermentation of broken rice using Epicoccum nigrum. The pigment was extracted using water as a solvent and subjected to stability studies at different temperatures (30, 40, 60, and 80°C), pH (4, 6 ...
Kaur Sawinder +9 more
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Pigments from bacteria, fungi, yeast, cyanobacteria, and microalgae have been gaining more demand in the food, leather, and textile industries due to their natural origin and effective bioactive functions.
Chatragadda Ramesh +3 more
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Factors Affecting Red Pigment Production by Local Fungal Isolate of Penicillium sp. [PDF]
There are a great interest in replacing synthetic pigments with another healthier which obtained from natural sources, especially microbial pigments. In this study Penicillium sp.was isolated from soil sample and noticed its capability to produce red ...
A. M. Elattaapy, M. A. E. Selim
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Isolation, Characterization, and Optimization Studies of Bacterial Pigments
Recent concern for human safety and environmental protection has rekindled interest in natural pigment sources. In comparison to synthetic pigments, microbial pigments show better biodegradability and environmental compatibility and are used in a variety
Meraj Fatima, K. Anuradha
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Microbial Pigments: Major Groups and Industrial Applications
Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important source of pigments. Industrial production presents a bottleneck in production cost that restricts large-scale commercialization.
João Vitor de Oliveira Barreto +4 more
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Microbial community composition of transiently wetted Antarctic Dry Valley soils [PDF]
During the summer months, wet (hyporheic) soils associated with ephemeral streams and lake edges in the Antarctic Dry Valleys (DVs) become hotspots of biological activity and are hypothesized to be an important source of carbon and nitrogen for arid DV ...
Stephen C. Cary +20 more
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