Isolation of bacteria producing bluish-purple pigment and use for dyeing

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-140

  Shirata, Akira ^a,b   Tsukamoto, Takanori ^a,d   Yasui, Hiroe ^b   Hata, Tamako ^b   Hayasaka, Shoji ^a   Kojima, Atsushi ^c   Kato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Natl Inst Sericultural & Entomol Sci   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Haya Science Firm   (Japan)

^d Yokohama Plant Protection Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluish purple color; Janthinobacterium lividum; Natural pigment; Violacein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341416     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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