A Blue-Purple Pigment-Producing Bacterium Isolated from the Vezelka River in the City of Belgorod.

ABSTRACT: Violacein is a biotechnologically significant secondary metabolite due to its antibacterial, antifungal, and other properties. Isolation, research, and identification of violacein producing strains are of interest for the development of biotechnological processes, in order to enhance the biosynthesis of this compound. The purpose of the present work was to study the properties of a newly isolated bacterium capable of synthesizing blue-purple pigment. An aboriginal bacterium was isolated from the coastal zone of the Vezelka River in the city of Belgorod. Based on chemical and spectrophotometric studies of the crude ethanol extract, the pigment was identified as violacein, and the isolate was assigned to the group of violacein-forming bacteria, which includes bacteria of the genera Chromo

SUBMITTER: Lyakhovchenko NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7824796 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature