Bacterial Pigments as Antimicrobial Agents

• Published in: Microbial Pigments pp. 150 - 157
• Main Authors: Madhavan, Aravind, Arun, K.B., Reshmy, R., Abhinand, K., Menon, Arjun M., Nair, Bipin G., Sindhu, Raveendran, Kuriakose, Laya Liz, Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar, Pandey, Ashok, Binod, Parameswaran
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: CRC Press 2024
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: pigments; secondary metabolites; antimicrobial activity; bacteria; bioactivity

In this chapter, we discuss various bacterial derived secondary metabolites pigments which has antimicrobial properties. Though these metabolites were identified more than several decades ago, attention into their bioactivities has emerged in the last few decades. Their increasing acceptance is an o...