Nowadays, carotenoids are valuable molecules in different industries such as chemical,
pharmaceutical, poultry, food and cosmetics. These pigments not only can act as vitamin A …

Microbial oddities such as versatile pigments are gaining more attention in current research
due to their widely perceived applications as natural food colorants, textiles, antimicrobial …

Fermented foods represent an important segment of current food markets, especially
traditional or ethnic food markets. The demand for efficient utilization of agrowastes, together …

Rhodotorula glutinis is capable of synthesizing numerous valuable compounds with a wide
industrial usage. Biomass of this yeast constitutes sources of microbiological oils, and the …

Many commodities are abundantly produced around the world, including soybean, corn, rice
sugarcane, cassava, coffee, fruits, and many others. These productions are responsible for …

Highlights•Agro-industrial waste generation.•Microbial sources for the production of
biopigments.•Bio-utilization of agro-industrial waste for microbial pigment production.• …

Synthetic pigments/non-renewable coloring sources used normally in the textile industry
release toxic substances into the environment, causing perilous ecological challenges. To …

Carotenoids are natural lipophilic pigments mainly found in plants, but also found in some
animals and can be synthesized by fungi, some bacteria, algae, and aphids. These …

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 development of an effective, realistic, and sustainable microbial biorefinery depends on
several factors, including as one of the key aspects an adequate selection of microbial …