Development of Conditions of Surface Biosynthesis of Prodigiosin Pigment Serratia marcescens
Journal: Innovative Biosystems and Bioengineering
Year: 2020

Background. Prodigiosin is a red pigment produced as a secondary metabolite by Serratia marcescens, characterized with unique tripyrrole structure and exhibits such pharmacological characteristics as antitumor, antimicrobial, antioxidant, immunodepressant, and also used in various branches of biotechnology as a natural dye or marker of petroleum products. However, pigmentation is only present in a small percentage of isolated cultures among different S. marcescens strain, therefore, the effectiv