National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Pigments are the chemical substances that absorb the light of visible region. Pigments are compounds that are widely used in industries. Non-toxic nature of pigment produced by a number of microorganisms make them ecofriendly for utilization in dye, foodstuff, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other industrial purpose. Industrial production of natural food colorants by microbial fermentation has several advantages such as cheaper production, easier extraction, higher yields through strain improvements, no lack of raw materials and season independent. With the increasing awareness about toxic effects of synthetic colors and consumers safety, there is increasing interest in the development of colors from the microbial sources. This research is concerned with reducing hazardous impact of synthetic colorants by microbial pigment applications. For this purpose various pigment producing bacteria were isolated, characterized and identified. Efficient microbial pigment producing strains were used for pigment production. Various pigments were extracted and their applications were studied by using different techniques.
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