Natural pigments sourced from ores, insects, plants and animals were the colorants used
since prehistoric period. Synthetic dyes which took the place of natural pigments in the …

Synthetic colors have been widely used in various industries including food, textile, cosmetic
and pharmaceuticals. However toxicity problems caused by synthetic pigments have …

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 …

A hallmark feature of several pathogenic microbes is the distinctive color of their colonies
when propagated in the clinical laboratory. Such pigmentation comes in a variety of hues …

Chromobacterium violaceum is important in the production of violacein, like other bacteria,
such as Alteromonas, Janthinobacterium, Pseudoalteromonas, Duganella, Collimonas and …

Chemical synthesis is a well established route for producing many chemicals on a large
scale, but some drawbacks still exist in this process, such as unstable intermediates …

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 …

In this review, we discuss violacein and prodigiosin, two chromogenic bacterial secondary
metabolites that have diverse biological activities. Although both compounds were …

Violacein is a pigment synthesized by Gram-negative bacteria such as Chromobacterium
violaceum. It has garnered significant interest owing to its unique physiological and …

Nowadays there is a great interest of the market for the natural pigments; especially
microbial pigments because of widely used synthetic pigments have harmful issues …