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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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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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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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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Colors with their attractive appeal have been an integral part of human lives and the easy cascade of chemical catalysis enables fast, bulk production of these synthetic colorants with low costs.
Jasneet Grewal +5 more
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Marine Drugs, 2021 Actinomycins as clinical medicine have been extensively studied, while few investigations were conducted to discover the feasibility of actinomycins as antimicrobial natural dye contributing to the medical value of the functional fabrics.
Wei Chen +9 more
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Fermentation, 2022 Due to the increasing emphasis on the circular economy, research in recent years has focused on the feasibility of using biomass as an alternative energy source.
Weronika Pyter +4 more
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Partial quantification of pigments extracted from the zooxanthellate octocoral Sinularia flexibilis at varying irradiances [PDF]
, 2010 Chlorophyll-a (chl-a) and carotenoid pigments of the zooxanthellate octocoral Sinularia flexibilis were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography following exposure to three light intensities for over 30 days. From the coral fragments located
Lamers, P.P., Khalesi, M.K.
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Physiology of purple sulfur bacteria forming macroscopic aggregates in Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh, Massachusetts [PDF]
, 1993 Purple bacterial aggregates found in tidal pools of Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh (Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA) were investigated in order to elucidate the ecological significance of cell aggregation. Purple sulfur bacteria were the dominant microorganisms in
Seitz, A. P. +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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