Pigment production by cold-adapted bacteria and fungi: colorful tale of cryosphere with wide range applications

W Sajjad, G Din, M Rafiq, A Iqbal, S Khan, S Zada, B Ali… - Extremophiles, 2020 - Springer
Pigments are an essential part of everyday life on Earth with rapidly growing industrial and
biomedical applications. Synthetic pigments account for a major portion of these pigments …

Advances in Chromobacterium violaceum and properties of violacein-Its main secondary metabolite: A review

N Durán, GZ Justo, M Durán, M Brocchi, L Cordi… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chromobacterium violaceum is important in the production of violacein, like other bacteria,
such as Alteromonas, Janthinobacterium, Pseudoalteromonas, Duganella, Collimonas and …

Glacier ice archives nearly 15,000-year-old microbes and phages

ZP Zhong, F Tian, S Roux, MC Gazitúa, NE Solonenko… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Glacier ice archives information, including microbiology, that helps reveal
paleoclimate histories and predict future climate change. Though glacier-ice microbes are …

Violacein: properties and production of a versatile bacterial pigment

SY Choi, K Yoon, JI Lee… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Violacein‐producing bacteria, with their striking purple hues, have undoubtedly piqued the
curiosity of scientists since their first discovery. The bisindole violacein is formed by the …

Microbial synthesis of violacein pigment and its potential applications

HA Park, SA Park, YH Yang, KY Choi - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Violacein is a pigment synthesized by Gram-negative bacteria such as Chromobacterium
violaceum. It has garnered significant interest owing to its unique physiological and …

Chromobacterium violaceum delivers violacein, a hydrophobic antibiotic, to other microbes in membrane vesicles

SY Choi, S Lim, G Cho, J Kwon, W Mun… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study describes Chromobacterium violaceum's use of extracellular membrane vesicles
(MVs) to both solubilize and transport violacein to other microorganisms. Violacein is a …

[PDF][PDF] Marine pigmented bacteria: A prospective source of antibacterial compounds

CH Ramesh, NV Vinithkumar… - J. Nat. Sci. Biol …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Antimicrobial properties of several nonpigmented bacteria isolated from the marine
environment have been well understood. However, marine bacteria with distinct asset of …

Multi-target drug with potential applications: violacein in the spotlight

N Durán, G Nakazato, M Durán, IR Berti… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of the current review is to address updated research on a natural pigment called
violacein, with emphasis on its production, biological activity and applications. New …

Efficacy and safety of electrochemotherapy combined with peritumoral IL‐12 gene electrotransfer of canine mast cell tumours

M Cemazar, J Ambrozic Avgustin… - Veterinary and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemotherapy combined with peritumoral interleukin‐12 (IL‐12) gene electrotransfer
was used for treatment of mast cell tumours in 18 client‐owned dogs. Local tumour control …

Impacts of arsenic and antimony co-contamination on sedimentary microbial communities in rivers with different pollution gradients

X Sun, B Li, F Han, E Xiao, T Xiao, W Sun - Microbial ecology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) are both toxic metalloids that are of primary concern
for human health. Mining activity has introduced elevated levels of arsenic and antimony into …