Review Article
Colorful World of Microbes: Carotenoids and Their Applications
Table 1
List of pigments produced by different microorganisms.
| | Pigment | Microorganism |
| | Indigoidine (blue-green) | Streptomyces aureofaciens CCM 323, Corynebacterium insidium | | Carotenoid | Gemmatimonas aurantiaca T-277 | | Melanin (black-brown) | Kluyveromyces marxianus, Streptomyces chibanensis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergillus sp., Wangiella dermatitidis, Sporothrix schenckii, andBurkholderia cepacia | | Prodigiosin (red) | Serratia marcescens, Rugamonas rubra, Streptoverticillium rsubrireticuli, Serratia rubidaea, Vibrio psychroerythrus, Alteromonas rubra, and Vibrio gaogenes | | Zeaxanthin | Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio psychroerythrus, Streptomyces sp.,and Hahella chejuensis | | Canthaxanthin (orange) | Monascus roseus, Bradyrhizobium sp. | | Xanthomonadin (yellow) | Xanthomonas oryzae | | Astaxanthin (red) | Phaffia rhodozyma, Haematococcus pulvialis | | Violacein (purple) | Janithobacterium lividum | | Anthraquinone (red) | Pacilmyces farinosus | | Halorhodopsin and rhodopsin | Halobacterium halobium | | Rosy pink | Lamprocystis roseopersicina | | Violet/purple | Thiocystis violacea, Thiodictyon elegans | | Rosy peach | Thiocapsa roseopersicina | | Orange brown | Allochromatium vinosum | | Pink/Purple violet | Allochromatium warmingii |
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