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Pigments from Microorganisms: A Sustainable Alternative for Synthetic Food Coloring

Fermentation
Microbial pigments are gaining acceptance as a green, sustainable substitute for synthetic food pigments due to growing health issues and their adverse health impacts.
Akshay Chavan, Jaya Pawar, Umesh Kakde, Mekala Venkatachalam, Mireille Fouillaud, Laurent Dufossé, Sunil Kumar Deshmukh   +6 more
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Contribution of epilithic diatoms to benthic−pelagic coupling in a temperate river [PDF]

, 2013
Water residence time in the middle course of rivers is often too short to allow substantial phytoplankton development, and primary production is essentially provided by benthic phototrophic biofilms.
Buffan-Dubau, Evelyne, Majdi, Nabil, Mialet, Benoît, Sabater, Sergi, Tackx, Michèle, Tekwani, Nerea, Tornès, Elisabeth, Urrea, Gemma   +7 more
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Isolation and Optimization of Monascus ruber OMNRC45 for Red Pigment Production and Evaluation of the Pigment as a Food Colorant

Applied Sciences, 2020
The color of food is a critical factor influencing its general acceptance. Owing to the effects of chemical colorants on health, current research is directly aimed at producing natural and healthy food colorants from microbial sources.
Osama M. Darwesh, Ibrahim A. Matter, Hesham S. Almoallim, Sulaiman A. Alharbi, You-Kwan Oh   +4 more
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Gut microbiota facilitates dietary heme-induced epithelial hyperproliferation by opening the mucus barrier in colon [PDF]

, 2015
Colorectal cancer risk is associated with diets high in red meat. Heme, the pigment of red meat, induces cytotoxicity of colonic contents and elicits epithelial damage and compensatory hyperproliferation, leading to hyperplasia.
Clara Belzer, Giovannucci, Guido J. Hooiveld, Jan Dekker, Lapré, McGarr, Michael Müller, Michiel Kleerebezem, Noortje Ijssennagger, Roelof van der Meer, Saskia W. C. van Mil, Sesink, Sheffner, van Klinken   +13 more
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Pigment Production From Bacteria Isolated From Whey

Sakarya Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi
Environmental pollution and population growth necessitate more efficient production processes. Organic whey, which is a low-cost substrate for the food industry, constitutes a promising raw material with its low cost and chemical content for ...
Sude Çardak, Nurcihan Hacıoğlu Doğru, İlke Karakaş   +2 more
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Spectral signatures of photosynthesis I: Review of Earth organisms

, 2007
Why do plants reflect in the green and have a 'red edge' in the red, and should extrasolar photosynthesis be the same? We provide: 1) a brief review of how photosynthesis works; 2) an overview of the diversity of photosynthetic organisms, their light ...
Bebout B.M., Des Marais D.J., Ehrenreich A., Govindjee, , Janet Siefert, Joliot P., Karentz D., Manning W.M., Miller S.R., Nancy Y. Kiang, Reeburgh W.S., Robert E. Blankenship, Tucker C.J., Tucker C.J.   +13 more
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Early evolution of purple retinal pigments on Earth and implications for exoplanet biosignatures

, 2018
We propose that retinal-based phototrophy arose early in the evolution of life on Earth, profoundly impacting the development of photosynthesis and creating implications for the search for life beyond our planet.
DasSarma, Shiladitya, Schwieterman, Edward W.   +1 more
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Violacein, an indole-derived purple-colored natural pigment produced by Janthinobacterium lividum, inhibits the growth of head and neck carcinoma cell lines both in vitro and in vivo [PDF]

, 2015
Violacein (VIO; 3-[1,2-dihydro-5-(5-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-oxo-3H-pyrrol-3-ylidene]-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one), an indole-derived purple-colored pigment, produced by a limited number of Gram-negative bacteria species, including Chromobacterium ...
Bei, Roberto, Benvenuto, Monica, DI STEFANO, Enrica, Fantini, Massimo, LA REGINA, Giuseppe, Manzari, Vittorio, Masuelli, Laura, Mattei, Maurizio, Mattera, Rosanna, Modesti, Andrea, Pantanella, Fabrizio, Schippa, Serena, Silvestri, Romano   +12 more
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Physicochemical Properties and Antibiosis Activity of the Pink Pigment of Erwinia persicina Cp2

Agriculture, 2022
The control and management of fungal diseases is a worldwide problem. A variety of microbial pigments have excellent antibacterial effects, and naturally occurring bacterial pigments may help in tackling fungal diseases.
Yujuan Zhang, Xiaoni Liu, Xiangyang Li, Liang Zhao, Hong Zhang, Qianying Jia, Bo Yao, Zhenfen Zhang   +7 more
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The relationship between epilithic biofilm stability and its associated meiofauna under two patterns of flood disturbance [PDF]

, 2012
Habitat stability is an important driver of ecological community composition and development. River epilithic biofilms are particularly unstable habitats for the establishment of benthic communities because they are regularly disturbed by floods. Our aim
Boulêtreau, Stéphanie, Boyer, Stéphanie, Buffan-Dubau, Evelyne, Fernandez, Robert, Julien, Frédéric, Leflaive, Joséphine, Majdi, Nabil, Mialet, Benoît, Tackx, Michèle, Ten-Hage, Loïc   +9 more
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