Table 1.

Summary of optimized parameters for prodigiosin production

Sr. no.	Parameters	Optimized parameter	Concentration of pigment (mg/ml)
1	pH	7.5	0.48
2	Temperature	28 °C	0.45
3	Incubation time	72 h	0.85
4	Carbon source	2% Sucrose	2.4
5	Nitrogen source	1% casein hydrolysate	0.87
6	Fatty acid source	2% peanut oil seed cake powder 4% peanut oil seed cake powder	2.6 3.0
7	Optimized medium	2% Sucrose + 1% casein hydrolysate + 4% peanut oil seed cake powder, pH 7.5, temp. 28 °C, incubation time 72 h	3.5
7	Solvent	Methanol	0.95