Fungi provide ecological and environmental services to humans, as well as health and
nutritional benefits, and are vital to numerous industries. Fermented food and beverage …

Highlights•Precision fermentation leverages metabolic engineering tools for food
applications.•The strengths of different fungal platform chassis are discussed.•Recently …

Carotenoids are natural pigments known for their various health benefits for humans
together with various other applications in diverse industries. Considering the high market …

The textile and dyeing industry has shown dramatic growth alongside synthetic chemistry in
the last century. With increased operations and economic importance, challenges also …

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 …

Fungi can produce myriad secondary metabolites, including pigments. Some of these
pigments play a positive role in human welfare while others are detrimental. This paper …

Melanin is a secondary metabolite composed of complex heterogeneous polymers. Fungal
melanin is considered to be a sustainable and biodegradable natural pigment and has a …

Filamentous fungi drive carbon and nutrient cycling across our global ecosystems, through
its interactions with growing and decaying flora and their constituent microbiomes. The …

Microbial pigments play multiple roles in the ecosystem construction, survival, and fitness of
all kinds of organisms. Considerably, microbial (bacteria, fungi, yeast, and microalgae) …

The world demands new solutions and products to be used as dyes for industrial
applications. Microbial pigments represent an eco-friendly alternative as they can be …