National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In nature, there exist a wide variety of microbes that can be of any economical importance to humans. A specialized group of microorganisms includes pigmented yeasts. They are yeasts that develop colored pigment as their secondary metabolites. In this study, pigmented yeasts were isolated from different sample (soil, leaves, fruits, coconut, and air) on Sabouraud’s agar. Four strains were selected that showed pigmentation. Various morphological and biochemical tests were performed for identification of the strains. The pigments were extracted in acetone and were partitioned in petroleum ether in separating funnel. The characterization of the extracted pigments was done using UV-Visible spectrophotometer. Also the antimicrobial effect of the extracted pigments was studied against E. coli, S. aureus, K. pneumoniae and C. diphtheriae. The pigments extracted from one of the isolate showed increase in antimicrobial property against K. pneumoniae with increase in volume of pigment.
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