… of pigment produced by bacteria was greater in … pigment producing bacterium from dead
insect, we may speculate that the pigment of the bacterium might have acted as virulent factor …

… virulence factor in several species of bacteria. However, the occurrence of cytotoxin in
pigmented Serratia marcescens remains to be demonstrated. Therefore, due to the presence of …

… For several pathogenic microbes, pigments can function as virulence factors that interfere
with host … 5D), indicating that the overall loss of virulence factors in its large genomic deletion …

… the significant challenges of most bacterial infections.Pigment production of bacteria is
controlled by a … with biofilm formation and other virulence factors of bacteria.Quorum sensing is a …

… Staphyloxanthin (STX), a yellow pigment synthesized by the S. aureus crt operon, promotes
S. … These results further our understanding of how different bacterial species cooperatively …

… for the production of microbial pigments because of the ease of growth. They can produce
different colors (Table 10.1… “Color Me Bad: Microbial Pigments as Virulence Factors.” Trends in …

… (by protease and pigment synthesis), … virulence factors and antibiotic resistance determinants
raises some questions about the need to deeper investigate these underestimated bacteria …

… pathogenic microbial and fungal strains [14]. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the production of
pigments … , along with other pigments such as pyorubin and pyomelanin [15]. The pyocyanin …

… , these pigments combined give the characteristic green color observed … virulence factor,
but association with a diversity of different virulence factors, which contribute to the bacterial …

… reporter assays with QS-regulated phenotypes (eg, color pigments, bioluminescence)
have been developed to identify chemical compounds that are able to interfere with or inhibit …