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Microbial Pigments: Major Groups and Industrial Applications [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 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.
João Vitor de Oliveira Barreto +4 more
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Natural Pigments of Microbial Origin [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 The world demands new solutions and products to be used as dyes for industrial applications. Microbial pigments represent an eco-friendly alternative as they can be produced in large amounts through biotechnological processes and do not present ...
Maria Elisa Pailliè-Jiménez +2 more
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Microbial pigments: Learning from Himalayan perspective to industrial applications. [PDF]
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol, 2022 Abstract Pigments are an essential part of life on earth, ranging from microbes to plants and humans. The physiological and environmental cues induce microbes to produce a broad spectrum of pigments, giving them adaptation and survival advantages.
Kumar S +8 more
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Microbial Production of Food Grade Pigments
Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2006 The controversial topic of synthetic dyes in food has been discussed for many years. The scrutiny and negative assessment of synthetic food dyes by the modern consumer have raised a strong interest in natural colouring alternatives.
Laurent Dufossé
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Agro-Industrial Residues: Eco-Friendly and Inexpensive Substrates for Microbial Pigments Production [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Many commodities are abundantly produced around the world, including soybean, corn, rice sugarcane, cassava, coffee, fruits, and many others. These productions are responsible for the generation of enormous amounts of daily residues, such as cassava and ...
Fernanda Cortez Lopes +1 more
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Multifaceted Applications of Microbial Pigments: Current Knowledge, Challenges and Future Directions for Public Health Implications [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2019 Microbial oddities such as versatile pigments are gaining more attention in current research due to their widely perceived applications as natural food colorants, textiles, antimicrobial activities, and cytotoxic activities.
Chatragadda Ramesh +4 more
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Microbial Pigments in the Food Industry—Challenges and the Way Forward [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2019 Developing new colors for the food industry is challenging, as colorants need to be compatible with a food flavors, safety, and nutritional value, and which ultimately have a minimal impact on the price of the product.
Tanuka Sen +2 more
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The Realm of Microbial Pigments in the Food Color Market [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 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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Basidiomycete pigments as sustainable food colorants and stabilizers: from fungal biology to industrial potential [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyPigmented Basidiomycete fungi are emerging as multifunctional and environmentally friendly substitutes to man-made food coloring. In addition to their bright colors, pigments from these fungi, including melanin, pulvini acids, carotenoids, and ...
Samantha C. Karunarathna +16 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 Microbial pigments play multiple roles in the ecosystem construction, survival, and fitness of all kinds of organisms. Considerably, microbial (bacteria, fungi, yeast, and microalgae) pigments offer a wide array of food, drug, colorants, dyes, and ...
Ramesh Chatragadda, Laurent Dufossé
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