Enhanced production of prodigiosin production in serratia marcescens.
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2012-08
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Prodigiosins, a family of natural red pigments characterized by a common
Pyrrolylpyrromethane skeleton are produced by various bacteria that first characterized from
Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas magneslorubra, Vibrio psychroerythrous etc. In this study,
different media like nutrient broth, peptone glycerol broth, powdered peanut seed broth and
powdered sesame seed broth, sugar substrates (maltose and glucose) and different oils like
peanut oil, sesame oil, coconut oil at different temperature were used to study the prodigiosin
production in Serratia marcescens. The highest pigment production was observed in powdered
peanut seed broth (37.6mg/ml) and powdered sesame seed broth (16.5mg/ml) when compared to
the use of nutrient broth (0.51mg/ml) and peptone glycerol broth (0.3 mg/ml) at 280c, Nutrient
broth with maltose yielded (1.82mg/ml) of prodigiosin. Among different oils, peanut oil showed
high pigment production (2.72 mg/ml) and these pigment can be used to dye cotton which
showed good color tone.
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Prodigiosin, Serratia marcescens, Pyrrolylpyrromethane., peanut seed
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Shahitha S, Poornima K. Enhanced production of prodigiosin production in serratia marcescens. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2012 Aug; 2(8): 138-140.