ReviewBiotechnology and applied biochemistry2022
Bacterial pigments: A colorful palette reservoir for biotechnological applications.
Review in Biotechnology and applied biochemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Bacterial Pigments as Potential Antitumor Agents Against Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Biotechnology and applied biochemistry · 2026Pooled it
- Carotenoid-Rich Pigment Extract From Micrococcus terreus SK34 Induces Apoptosis in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells: Integrated Metabolomic, Molecular Docking, and Experimental Validation.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Article
- High-level prodigiosin production inSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2026Article
- Novel Raman signature evidences an unknown cyanobacterial pigment.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Waste to wealth: circular approaches for microbial pigment production.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- The "Irradiance Effect" Plays a Crucial Role in the Photosensitization ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bioactive Pigment Production by Stenotrophomonas rhizophila PB01: Partial Characterization and its Biological Applications.Current microbiology · 2025Article
- Application of Prodigiosin Extracts in Textile Dyeing and Novel Printing Processes for Halochromic and Antimicrobial Wound Dressings.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Colourful Protection: Challenges and Perspectives of Antibacterial Pigments Extracted from Bacteria for Textile Applications.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Isolation and Characterization of an Antioxidant Aryl Polyene Pigment from Antarctic Bacterium Lysobacter sp. A03.Molecular biotechnology · 2025Article
- Extraction and Analysis of Natural Color From Beetroot (Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Essential oils modulate virulence phenotypes in a multidrug-resistant pyomelanogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Article
- Natural color biofactories: advancing the spectrum of pigment production in phototrophic microbes.FEMS microbes · 2025Review
- Spectroscopic characterization of bacterial colonies through UV hyperspectral imaging techniques.Frontiers in chemistry · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial Effect of Common Bacterial Pigments on Clinically Significant Microorganisms.Scientifica · 2025Article
- Evaluation of herbicidal potential of Siderophores produced by Amycolatopsis lurida strain 407.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Optimization, characterization and biosafety of carotenoids produced from whey using Micrococcus luteus.BMC biotechnology · 2024Article
- Pigments from pathogenic bacteria: a comprehensive update on recent advances.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2024Review
- Screening Antibacterial Photodynamic Effect of Monascus Red Yeast Rice (Hong-Qu) and Mycelium Extracts.Current microbiology · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Synthetic derivatives are currently used instead of pigments in many applicative fields, from food to feed, from pharmaceutical to diagnostic, from agronomy to industry. Progress in organic chemistry allowed to obtain rather cheap compounds covering the whole color spectrum. However, several concerns arise from this chemical approach, as it is mainly based on nonrenewable resources such as fossil oil, and the toxicity or carcinogenic properties of products and/or precursors may be harmful for personnel involved in the productive processes. In this scenario, microorganisms and their pigments represent a colorful world to discover and reconsider. Each living bacterial strain may be a source of secondary metabolites with peculiar functions. The aim of this review is to link the physiological role of bacterial pigments with their potential use in different biotechnological fields. This enormous potential supports the big challenge for the development of strategies useful to identify, produce, and purify the right pigment for the desired application. At the end of this ideal journey through the world of bacterial pigments, the attention will be focused on melanin compounds, whose production relies upon different techniques ranging from natural producers, heterologous hosts, or isolated enzymes. In a green workflow, the microorganisms represent the starting and final point of pigment production.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.