Topic · Biotechnology · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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5 papers
Duncan J. Kountz, Ruocheng Yu, Jessie H. Lee, Katherine N. Maloney, Emily P. Balskus
This study isolates and characterizes flavoaffinins, yellow-orange cellulose-binding pigments from Clostridium thermocellum, revealing their unique structure and biosynthesis.
Journal of the American Chemical Society · Jan 15, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry
Birhanu Zeleke, Diriba Muleta, Hunduma Dinka, Dereje Tsegaye, Jemal Hassen Ali
This study optimizes yellowish-orange pigment production by Exiguobacterium aurantiacum using tomato waste extract through statistical methods, achieving 1.6 times higher pigment yield under optimized conditions.
PLoS ONE · Jun 23, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology
Nicole T. Cavanaugh, Girish Kumar, Alicyn Reverdy, Julia Colbert, Carlos E. Riquelme, André O. Hudson, Yunrong Chai, Veronica G. Godoy
The paper reports whole-genome sequencing of a Janthinobacterium sp. isolate from Patagonian soil, identifying biosynthetic gene clusters including violacein production.
Microbiology Resource Announcements · Oct 9, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics
Linan Xie, Yang Liu, Yujie Zhang, Kang Chen, Qun Yue, Chen Wang, Baoqing Dun, Yuquan Xu, Liwen Zhang
This study identifies two divergent DHN melanin biosynthetic pathways in Metarhizium robertsii and discovers a novel naphthopyrone intermediate that produces a different pigment.
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology · Sep 18, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology
Mark D. Wilkinson, Hung‐En Lai, Paul S. Freemont, Jake Baum
This paper demonstrates the use of a bacterial biosynthesis platform to produce and screen violacein derivatives for antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · Mar 4, 2020Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology