ReviewBioprocess and biosystems engineering2022
Microbial pigments as an alternative to synthetic dyes and food additives: a brief review of recent studies.
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- Advancements in Microbial Applications for Sustainable Food Production.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Exploring pigment-producing Streptomyces as an alternative source to synthetic pigments: diversity, biosynthesis, and biotechnological applications. A review.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Review
- Insights into the antibacterial, antioxidant, and fabric colorant applications by pigment-producing actinomycetes from Sof-Umer cave rocks and sediments.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Basidiomycete pigments as sustainable food colorants and stabilizers: from fungal biology to industrial potential.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Biotechnological production of natural pigments for textile dyeing.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Isolation, identification, and production optimization of natural functional pigments produced byFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Enhancing Staphyloxanthin Synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus Using Innovative Agar Media Formulations.Cureus · 2024Article
- Production, characterization and in vitro biological activities of crude pigment from endophytic Micrococcus luteus associated with Avicennia marina.Archives of microbiology · 2023Article
- Microbial Pigments: Major Groups and Industrial Applications.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- The hidden rainbow: the extensive biotechnological potential of Antarctic fungi pigments.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023Review
- Sustainable production of bacterioruberin carotenoid and its derivatives from Arthrobacter agilis NP20 on whey-based medium: optimization and product characterization.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2023Article
- Fungal Pigments: Carotenoids, Riboflavin, and Polyketides with Diverse Applications.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- An extensive review of marine pigments: sources, biotechnological applications, and sustainability.Aquatic sciences · 2023Review
- Colorful Treasure From Agro-Industrial Wastes: A Sustainable Chassis for Microbial Pigment Production.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Synthetic coloring agents have been broadly utilized in several industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetic and textile. Recent surveys on the potential of teratogenicity and carcinogenicity of synthetic dyes have expressed concerns regarding their use in foods. Worldwide, food industries have need for safe, natural and new colorings to add variety to foods and make them appealing to consumers. Natural colorings not only expand the marketability of the food product, but also add further healthful features such as antibacterial, antioxidant, anticancer and antiviral properties. Novel microbial strains should be explored to meet the increasing global search of natural pigments and suitable techniques must be developed for the marketable production of new pigments, using microbial cultures, viz., fungi, and bacteria. To address the issue of the natural coloring agents, this review presents the recent trends in several studies of microbial pigments, their biological properties and industrial applications.
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