Microbial pigments: major groups and industrial applications

JVO Barreto, LM Casanova, AN Junior… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such
as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important …

Microbial pigments: Sources, current status, future challenges in cosmetics and therapeutic applications

N Sharma, P Shekhar, V Kumar, H Kaur… - Journal of Basic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Color serves as the initial attraction and offers a pleasing aspect. While synthetic colorants
have been popular for many years, their adverse environmental and health effects cannot be …

Synthesis of a new diarylhydrazone derivative and an evaluation of its in vitro biofilm inhibition and quorum sensing disruption along with a molecular docking study

S Boudiba, AN Tamfu, K Hanini… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Molecules that target quorum sensing and biofilm inhibition are useful antimicrobials. In this
regard, a new diarylhydrazone was synthesized and characterized using infrared, high …

Study on extraction and characterization of new antibiotics violacein from engineered Escherichia coli VioABCDE‐SD

C Huang, X Chu, W Hui, C Xie… - … and Applied Biochemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To better understand the characteristic properties of violacein biosynthesized by engineered
Escherichia coli VioABCDE‐SD, a convenient and simplified method was designed to …

Purification of Natural Pigments Violacein and Deoxyviolacein Produced by Fermentation Using Yarrowia lipolytica

G Nemer, N Louka, P Rabiller Blandin, RG Maroun… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Violacein and deoxyviolacein are bis-indole pigments synthesized by a number of
microorganisms. The present study describes the biosynthesis of a mixture of violacein and …

Gaining molecular insights towards inhibition of foodborne fungi Aspergillus fumigatus by a food colourant violacein via computational approach

R Sindhu, SS Bhat, J Sangta, C Dharmashekar… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Filamentous Fungal Human Pathogens (FFHPs) such as Aspergillus fumigatus, are
growing resistant to currently available antifungal drugs. One possible target, the Nucleoside …

Recent report on indoles as a privileged anti-viral scaffold in drug discovery

A Singh, C Bhutani, P Khanna, S Talwar… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, viral infections such as COVID-19, Zika virus, Nipah virus, Ebola, Influenza,
Monkeypox, and Dengue have substantially impacted global health. These outbreaks have …

Higher Omicron JN. 1 Coronavirus Transmission due to Unique 17MPLF Spike Insertion compensating 24LPP, 69HV, 145Y, 211N and 483V deletions in the spike

AK CHAKRABORTY - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Abstract The COVID-19 Spike protein 24 LPP, 69 HV, 143 VYY, 156 FR, 212 L deletions,
215 EPE and 249 RWMD insertions were very well characterized. Changes in spike likely …

Potential biocide roles of violacein

I Rivero Berti, ME Gantner, S Rodriguez… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Violacein is a pigment produced by Gram-negative bacteria, which has shown several
beneficial biological activities. The most relevant activities of violacein include the …

Janthinobacterium kumbetense sp. nov., a violacein-producing bacterium isolated from spring water in Turkey, and investigation of antimicrobial activity of violacein

K Inan Bektas, A Nalcaoglu, H Kati… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Strain GKT was isolated from the Kumbet plateu of Giresun in Turkey. Phylogenetic analysis
based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain GKT belonged to genus …