The looming urgency of feeding the growing world population along with the increasing
consumers' awareness and expectations have driven the evolution of food production …

A vast array of colorants obtained from natural sources such as plants, insects/animals and
microbes have been scrutinized in recent past for their use in different kinds of applications …

Natural pigments sourced from ores, insects, plants and animals were the colorants used
since prehistoric period. Synthetic dyes which took the place of natural pigments in the …

Microbial cells accumulate pigments under certain culture conditions, which have very
important industrial applications. Microorganisms can serve as sources of carotenoids, the …

The food and beverage industry is seeking to broaden the palette of naturally derived
colorants. Although considerable effort has been devoted to the search for new blue …

Non-toxicity, biodegradability and non-carcinogenicity of the natural pigments, dyes and
colorants make them an attractive source for human use. Bacterial pigments are colored …

In last years, the main studied microbial sources of natural blue pigments have been the
eukaryotic algae, Rhodophytes and Cryptophytes, and the cyanobacterium Arthrospira …

In the last years, there is a trend towards the replacement of synthetic colorants by natural
ones, mainly due to the increase of consumer demand for natural products. The natural …

The present work highlighted the production of violacein by the locally isolated
Chromobacterium violaceum (GenBank accession no. HM132057) in various agricultural …

With the advent of modern tools of molecular biology and genetic engineering and new skills
in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, fermentation technology for industrial …