ArticleAIMS microbiology2020
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Article in AIMS microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exploring pigment-producing Streptomyces as an alternative source to synthetic pigments: diversity, biosynthesis, and biotechnological applications. A review.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Review
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- Resistance phenotypes and genomic features ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Morphological diversity of actinobacteria isolated from oil palm compost (Elaeis guineensis).Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024Article
- Pseudogenomic insights into the evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Genetic Underpinnings of Carotenogenesis and Light-Induced Transcriptome Remodeling in the Opportunistic PathogenPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Pigments are chromophores naturally synthesized by animals, plants, and microorganisms, as well as produced synthetically for a wide variety of industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, and textiles. Bacteria produce various pigments including melanin, pyocyanin, bacteriochlorophyll, violacein, prodigiosin, and carotenoids that exert diverse biological activities as antioxidants and demonstrate anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and antimicrobial properties. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) include over 200 environmental and acid-fast species; some of which can cause opportunistic disease in humans. Early in the study of mycobacteriology, the vast majority of mycobacteria were not known to synthesize pigments, particularly NTM isolates of clinical significance such as the
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