Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Curso de Pós-Graduação em Físico-Química
Cultivation conditions for pigment production by Chromobacterium violaceum. Chromobacterium violaceum is a beta proteobacterium, gram-negative, facultative anaerobe, found in soil, riverbanks and waters of tropical and subtropical regions all around the world. The species produces, through secondary metabolism, several indole pigments derived from tryptophan. Violacein and desoxyviolacein are the most abundant ...