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Microorganisms, 2023 Synthetic dyes and colourants have been the mainstay of the pigment industry for decades. Researchers are eager to find a more environment friendly and non-toxic substitute because these synthetic dyes have a negative impact on the environment and people’
Himani Agarwal +7 more
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Bacterial Secondary Metabolites as Biopigments for Textile Dyeing
Textiles, 2022 In the past two decades, a growing body of research regarding the utilization of natural bacterial pigments or dyes for textile dyeing has emerged. Bacterial pigments are bacterial secondary metabolites that usually have bright colors and some special ...
Ana Kramar, Mirjana M. Kostic
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Production of pigments by Monascus ruber CCT0302 in culture media containing maltose as substrate
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 The aim of this study was to show how maltose production residues can be used to obtain natural pigments by Monascus ruber CCT 3802 in solid and submerged cultures.
Camila Fernanda Dias Oliveira +2 more
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Fermentation, 2022 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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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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Marine Drugs, 2021 This study presents a comparative analysis of halophiles from the global open sea and coastal biosystems through shotgun metagenomes (n = 209) retrieved from public repositories. The open sea was significantly enriched with Prochlorococcus and Candidatus
Jamseel Moopantakath +3 more
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Safety Evaluation of Fungal Pigments for Food Applications
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Pigments play a major role in many industries. Natural colors are usually much safer when compared to synthetic colors and may even possess some medicinal benefits. Synthetic colors are economical and can easily be produced compared to natural colors. In
Rajendran Poorniammal +3 more
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Bio-Preparation and Regulation of Pyrrole Structure Nano-Pigment Based on Biomimetic Membrane
Nanomaterials, 2019 Microbial pigments, regarded as the most potential biomass pigments, have lately attracted increasing attention in textile dyeing due to their sustainability and cleaner production.
Jixian Gong +5 more
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Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2023 As a result of climate change and the ozone layer spoilage, harmful rays of the sun such as UV reach the world more and harm agricultural production. To be protected from the harmful effects of UV, not only human beings, but all living organisms have ...
Ozlem Gulmez +2 more
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Isolation, Characterization, and Optimization Studies of Bacterial Pigments
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022 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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