Cultivation conditions for pigment production by Chromobacterium violaceum

Chromobacterium violaceum is a beta proteobacterium, gram-negative, facultative anaerobe, found in soil, riverbanks and waters of tropical and subtropical regions all around the world. The species produces, through secondary metabolism, several indole pigments derived from tryptophan. Violacein and...

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Main Authors: Regina Vasconcellos Antônio, Rozangela Curi Pedrosa, Luismar Marques Porto, Margot Érika Caris, Ana Kelly Pitlovanciv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2006-03-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume191/p13a18.pdf