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. 2020 Dec 22;9(1):11. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9010011

Table 2.

Therapeutic applications of bio-pigments extracted from marine bacterial isolates.

Pigments Marine Bacterial Species Therapeutic Applications References
Prodigiosin and cycloprodigiosin Zooshikella rubidus sp. S1-1 Antibacterial [98]
Pseudoalteromonas rubra sp. PS1 and SB14 Antifungal [23]
Prodigiosin Serratia rubidaea sp. RAM_Alex Antiviral [116]
2-(p-hydroxybenzyl) prodigiosin Psuedoalteromonas rubra sp. Cytotoxic [104]
Astaxanthin Pontibacter korlensis sp. AG6 Anticancer [38]
2,2 dihydroxyastaxanthin Brevundimonas sp. Antioxidant [33]
Zeaxanthin Muricauda aquimarina sp.
Muricauda olearia sp.
Nitric oxide scavenging
Inhibition of lipid peroxidation DPPH
radical scavenging activities
[111]
Lycopene Arthrobacter sp. G2O Antitumor [108]
Beta Carotene Cyanobacterium sp. Antioxidant Antidiabetic Antitumor [118]
Pyocyanin and pyorubrin Psuedomonas aeroginosa sp. Antibacterial [58]
Melanin Streptomyces sp. Antibacterial [68]
Nocardiopsis sp. Antiquorum sensing [76]
Pseudomonas stutzeri sp. Antioxidant [112]
Poly melanin Leclercia sp. BTCZ22 Antibiotic resistance [75]
Tambjamines Psuedoalteromonas tunicata sp. Anticancer [107]
Violacein Janthinobacterium sp. SMN 33.6 Antibacterial [102]
Collimonas sp. Antibacterial [67]
Iodobacter sp. Antibacterial [100]
Chromobacterium sp. Antifungal [103]
Janthinobacterium sp. UV13 Anticancer [106]
3R Saproxanthin and Myxol Flavobacteriacae sp. Antioxidant [110]
PCA Pseudomonas aeruginosa sp. GS-33 Effectivity against melanoma cell cancer [105]
Bright pink-orange colored pigment Salinicoccus sp. Antibacterial [101]
Yellow pigment Micrococcus sp. MP76 Antibacterial [99]