Microbial pigments: major groups and industrial applications

JVO Barreto, LM Casanova, AN Junior… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such
as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important …

Towards the microbial home: an overview of developments in next‐generation sustainable architecture

R Armstrong - Microbial Biotechnology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Disruptive innovation is needed to raise the threshold of sustainable building performance,
so that our buildings improve on net zero impacts and have a life‐promoting impact on the …

Natural dyes developed by microbial-nanosilver to produce antimicrobial and anticancer textiles

OM Darwesh, A Marzoog, IA Matter, MK Okla… - Microbial Cell …, 2024 - Springer
Develo** special textiles (for patients in hospitals for example) properties, special
antimicrobial and anticancer, was the main objective of the current work. The developed …

Sustainable production of bacterioruberin carotenoid and its derivatives from Arthrobacter agilis NP20 on whey-based medium: optimization and product …

N Noby, SN Khattab, NA Soliman - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2023 - Springer
Bacterioruberin and its rare glycosylated derivatives are produced by Arthrobacter agilis as
an adaptation strategy to low temperature conditions. The high antioxidant properties of …

Current perspectives on industrial application of microbial carotenoid as an alternative to synthetic pigments

P Sundararajan, SP Ramasamy - Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2024 - Elsevier
Carotenoids are natural bioactive secondary metabolites known for their antioxidant, anti-
inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties. These are significantly demanded by …

Evaluating Pigments as a Biosignature: Abiotic/Prebiotic Synthesis of Pigments and Pigment Mimics in Planetary Environments

LE Rodriguez, JM Weber, LM Barge - Astrobiology, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Pigments serve a multitude of functions in biology including light harvesting for
photosynthesis, radiation protection, membrane support, and defense. The ubiquity of …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the intricacies of microbial pigments as sustainable alternatives to synthetic colorants: recent trends and advancements

Anshi, S Kapil, L Goswami, V Sharma - Micro, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bio-pigments are the colored primary and secondary metabolites released by microbes
under stress conditions and are crucial for adaptation. Bio-pigments are being widely …

Illuminating microflora: shedding light on the potential of blue light to modulate the cutaneous microbiome

HJ Serrage, CA O'Neill… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cutaneous diseases (such as atopic dermatitis, acne, psoriasis, alopecia and chronic
wounds) rank as the fourth most prevalent human disease, affecting nearly one-third of the …

[HTML][HTML] Actinomycete-Derived Pigments: A Path Toward Sustainable Industrial Colorants

BH Díez, CAV Torres, SP Gaudêncio - Marine Drugs, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pigment production has a substantial negative impact on the environment, since mining for
natural pigments causes ecosystem degradation, while synthetic pigments, derived from …

Trial and error: New insights into recombinant expression of membrane-bound insect cytochromes P450 in Escherichia coli systems

H Li, P Zhao, S Li, J Guo, D Hao - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Insect cytochromes P450 (CYP450s) are key enzymes responsible for a wide array of
oxidative transformations of both endogenous and exogenous substrates. However, there is …