Cyanobacterial pigments: Perspectives and biotechnological approaches.

Dinesh Kumar Saini, Sunil Pabbi, Pratyoosh Shukla

Journal: Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association 2018;120():616-624

PMID: 30077705

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Abstract

Cyanobacteria are the oxygenic photosynthesis performing prokaryotes and show a connecting link between plastids of eukaryotic autotrophs and prokaryotes. A variety of pigments, like chlorophyll, carotenoids and phycobiliproteins which exhibit different colors are present in cyanobacteria. Increasing consciousness about the harmful effects of synthetic or chemical dyes encouraged people to give more preference towards the usage of natural products, such as plant or microbial-derived colors in food and cosmetics. That is why cyanobacteria are exploited as a source of natural colors and have high commercial value in many industries. This review mainly focuses on different cyanobacterial pigments, their applications and modern biotechnological approaches such as genetic engineering, systems biology to enhance the production of biopigments for their potential use in pharmaceuticals, food, research, and cosmetics industries.

Address: Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124001, Haryana, India.; Centre for Conservation and Utilisation of Blue Green Algae (CCUBGA), Division of Microbiology, ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India.; Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 124001, Haryana, India. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.08.002

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MeSH Terms: Antioxidants, Biotechnology, Carotenoids, Color, Cyanobacteria, Light, Metabolic Engineering, Phycobiliproteins, Pigments, Biological, Systems Biology