… Due to safety and benefits of natural colors over synthetic colors there is a great demand
in the market for the natural pigments; especially microbial pigments as of … perspectives 87 …

… up-to-date knowledge regarding the biosynthesis of microbial pigments from microorganisms.
… This review provides detailed information regrading the applications of microbial pigments …

… as natural food colorants, textiles, antimicrobial activities, and cytotoxic activities. This indicates
that the future generation will depend on microbial pigments over … of microbial pigments …

… on the carotenoid pigments including pigment production, chemical … Further, their market
values and the future prospects of … Naturally derived carotenoid pigments from microbial …

… Plants, microbes, and algae can display a wide range of colors due to the presence of natural
pigments with structural diversity including variable hydrocarbon chain length, presence or …

… melanin with special referencing to the microbial source. The future perspectives of such
life-keeper pigments were highlighted. The overall structure of the current review was …

… The present review focuses on the potential of microbial pigments used as food colorants, …
of pigments in microbial systems, as well as the methods to improve pigment stability and …

… for rapid pigment extraction. This review looks for the most recent studies that describe microbial
pigments … Thus, metagenomics can be very useful to prospect novel microbial pigments. …

… colors, newer methods of production extraction and mechanism of dyeing and future
prospects. … Use of microbes and insects for production of colorants can be explored. The use of …

… perspectives to this burgeoning field of research. … Among natural sources, microbial pigments
are an attractive target as compared to plant or animal sources due to their fast growth, all-…