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Microbial Pigments-A Short Review
IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology, 2016 Color is the main feature of any food item as it enhances the appeal and acceptability of food. In the recent years, coloring of food with pigments produced from natural sources is of worldwide interest and is gaining importance. Several types of dyes are available in the market as colouring agents to food commodities but biocolorants are now gaining ...
D. Sarvamangala, S. Aparna
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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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The Realm of Microbial Pigments in the Food Color Market
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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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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Microbial Pigments: Natural Colorants and their Industrial Applications
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2021 Pigments are the chemical substances that absorb the light of visible region. Pigments are compounds that are widely used in industries. Non-toxic nature of pigment produced by a number of microorganisms make them ecofriendly for utilization in dye ...
Hrucha Vaidya Nishigandha Upasani +1 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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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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Biotechnological Applications of Microbial Pigments
, 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. Industrial production presents a bottleneck in production cost that restricts large-scale commercialization.
João Vitor de Oliveira Barreto +4 more
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