Prodigiosin has an enormous potential regarding its applicability as a natural pigment and pharmaceutical agent, which justifies the development of sound bioprocesses for its production. In a recently published paper, Ricardo F.S. Pereira and Carla C.C.R. de Carvalho (2BRG-iBB) improved the composition of the growth medium and the bioprocess for prodigiosin production using a Serratia rubidaea strain isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent. The implemented parameters led to an 8-fold increase in product per biomass yield and to a final concentration of 293.1 mg/L of prodigiosin in 24 h in bioreactor. See more.