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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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.
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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 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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Pigments from Microorganisms: A Sustainable Alternative for Synthetic Food Coloring
FermentationMicrobial 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 +6 more
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Insights into the synthesis, engineering, and functions of microbial pigments in Deinococcus bacteria. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolThe ability of Deinococcus bacteria to survive in harsh environments, such as high radiation, extreme temperature, and dryness, is mainly attributed to the generation of unique pigments, especially carotenoids.
Wang Y +7 more
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Agro-Industrial Residues: Eco-Friendly and Inexpensive Substrates for Microbial Pigments Production
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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Waste to wealth: circular approaches for microbial pigment production [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe increasing demand for natural and sustainable colorants has accelerated interest in microbial pigments as alternatives to synthetic dyes. Diverse microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, yeasts, microalgae, and actinomycetes, produce pigments such ...
Moitrayee Devi +4 more
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Microbial pigments as potential anti-rift valley fever virus drugs [PDF]
BMC ChemistryRift valley fever virus (RVFV) is among the WHO list of priority diseases, yet no effective vaccine or treatment is currently available. Microbial pigments (MPs) represent a promising small-molecules library which can be exploited for the drug discovery ...
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