MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541026329 A) filed by Pondicherry University on March 22, 2025, for A Process For Production Of Yellow-Colored Carotenoid Pigment From Bacteria.

Inventors include Joseph Selvin; and G. Seghal Kiran.

The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to natural pigments. In particular, the present disclosure provides a process of producing a yellow-colored carotenoid pigment using an isolated pure bacterial strain Chryseomicrobium sp. B15 or the mutant thereof in a specific medium under defined set of growth conditions, and further to a downstream process has been developed for the extraction and recovery of said pigment.

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