A global perspective on carotenoids: Metabolism, biotechnology, and benefits for nutrition and health

M Rodriguez-Concepcion, J Avalos, ML Bonet… - Progress in lipid …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carotenoids are lipophilic isoprenoid compounds synthesized by all photosynthetic
organisms and some non-photosynthetic prokaryotes and fungi. With some notable …

[HTML][HTML] Archaea biotechnology

K Pfeifer, İ Ergal, M Koller, M Basen, B Schuster… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Archaea are a domain of prokaryotic organisms with intriguing physiological characteristics
and ecological importance. In Microbial Biotechnology, archaea are historically …

Multifaceted applications of microbial pigments: current knowledge, challenges and future directions for public health implications

C Ramesh, NV Vinithkumar, R Kirubagaran, CK Venil… - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Extreme environments: microbiology leading to specialized metabolites

AM Sayed, MHA Hassan, HA Alhadrami… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The prevalence of multidrug‐resistant microbial pathogens due to the continued misuse and
overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and medicine is raising the prospect of a return to the …

Actinobacteria from desert: diversity and biotechnological applications

F Xie, W Pathom-Aree - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Deserts, as an unexplored extreme ecosystem, are known to harbor diverse actinobacteria
with biotechnological potential. Both multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens and …

Exploring the valuable carotenoids for the large-scale production by marine microorganisms

J Torregrosa-Crespo, Z Montero, JL Fuentes… - Marine Drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
Carotenoids are among the most abundant natural pigments available in nature. These
pigments have received considerable attention because of their biotechnological …

Ecological and biotechnological aspects of pigmented microbes: A way forward in development of food and pharmaceutical grade pigments

R Chatragadda, L Dufossé - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbial pigments play multiple roles in the ecosystem construction, survival, and fitness of
all kinds of organisms. Considerably, microbial (bacteria, fungi, yeast, and microalgae) …

Carotenoids from Haloarchaea and their potential in biotechnology

M Rodrigo-Baños, I Garbayo, C Vílchez, MJ Bonete… - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
The production of pigments by halophilic archaea has been analysed during the last half a
century. The main reasons that sustains this research are:(i) many haloarchaeal species …

Marine bacteria versus microalgae: who is the best for biotechnological production of bioactive compounds with antioxidant properties and other biological …

M Hamidi, PS Kozani, PS Kozani, G Pierre, P Michaud… - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Natural bioactive compounds with antioxidant activity play remarkable roles in the
prevention of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. ROS, which are formed by different …

Archaea carotenoids: natural pigments with unexplored innovative potential

A Grivard, I Goubet, LMS Duarte Filho, V Thiéry… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
For more than 40 years, marine microorganisms have raised great interest because of their
major ecological function and their numerous applications for biotechnology and …