MICROBIAL PIGMENTS PRODUCTION THROUGH AGROINDUSTRIAL WASTE AS A SUBSTRATE USING FERMENTATIONTECHNIQUESPallavi Srivastava, Sonal Setya and Nabeel AhmadAbstract Waste from agro-industries is widely utilized for the making of microbial pigments using fermentationtechnique. Production of microbial pigments through the fermentation is a metabolic process that produceschemical changes in organic substrate through the action of enzymes. Production of food grade pigmentsneeds high capital investments. Thus, utilization of agro-industrial waste plays an imperative role in thelow cost production of microbial pigments. Agricultural industrial sector generates waste at large scale inthe form of seeds, bagasse, whey and molasses etc. Agro-industrial wastes are not only biodegradable butalso full of nutrients. Microbial pigment production through agro-industrial waste is an inexpensive andenvironmental friendly process that has positive impact on the environment. This review paper is aimed tofocus on the microbial pigments production through agro-industrial waste as a substrate using fermentationtechnique. Agro-industrial waste utilization will reduce the environmental pollution as well as can help toproduce variety of biological products such as biogases and biopigments etc. |