Microbial Pigments: Major Groups and Industrial Applications.

Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important source of pigments. Industrial production presents a bottleneck in production cost that restricts large-scale commercialization. However, microbial pigments are progressively gaining popularity because of their health advantages.

Nanotechnology as a Tool for Optimizing Topical Photoprotective Formulations Containing Buriti Oil () and Dry Extracts: Stability and Cytotoxicity Evaluations.

Human beings are actively exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which is associated with skin cancer. This has encouraged the continuous search for more effective and safer photoprotective formulations. Along with the application of traditional organic sunscreens, there is a growing interest in "green products" containing natural compounds such as plant extracts and oils.

Draft Genome Sequence of sp. Strain LEMMJ01, Isolated from Antarctic Ornithogenic Soil.

We report here the 3,637,012-bp draft genome sequence of sp. strain LEMMJ01, isolated from ornithogenic soil from King George Island, Antarctica. The total number of genes presented in the draft genome sequence was 3,553, and the total number of coding sequences was 3,497.