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Fig. 7 | Microbial Cell Factories

Fig. 7

From: Nutritional optimization for bioprocess production of staphyloxanthin from Staphylococcus aureus with response surface methodology: promising anticancer scaffold targeting EGFR inhibition

Fig. 7

Extraction and purification of STX pigment. (A) pigmented cell pellets; (B) cell pellets lost their color after exhaustion with methanol; (C) colored supernatant collected after centrifugation; (D) silica gel column chromatography showing golden-yellow band (arrowed); (E) collection of the colored fraction after elution (arrowed); (F) evaporation of the mobile phase and collecting the pigment powder

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