Production of the violet pigment violacein by psychrophilic strains of bacteria: extraction and identification

Authors

  • Zakharova Yu.R. 1
  • Martsinechko A.S. 1
  • Marchenkov A.M. 1
  • Petrova D.P. 1
  • Fedorova G.A. 1
    • 1 Limnological Institute Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Batorskaya Str., 3, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2024-A-4-1149

Keywords:

psychrophilic bacteria, purple pigment, violacein, MALDI/TOF

Abstract

Psychrophilic pigment-forming strains, isolated from Lake Baikal and the Pokhabikha River, were studied. Based on culture-based, morphological, and biochemical properties, as well as the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the studied bacteria were assigned to the genera Janthinobacterium and Iodobacter. The strains are able to form biofilms and produce violet pigment. When the pigments were extracted with methanol and identified by MALDI/TOF mass spectrometry, the pigments violacein and deoxyviolacein were identified.

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Published

2024-08-30

Issue

2024: №4 (SI:BSM2020)

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