Pigment production was observed on day 3 after incubation and continued to accumulate throughout the fermentation period. However, the pigment yield reached to its highest level (64 U/g dry cell mass) on day 10. Growth increased with time and reached to its maximum (dry weight 5 g/L) on day 6. Of the various temperatures used incubation at 30 ◦C during fermentation resulted in the highest production of red pigment. Similarly, the quality of pigment also found to be variable with the change of initial pH of the medium (Fig. 1). Red pigment was more pronounced atpH6.0 (max 500 nm) but acidic pH supported yellow pigment production. At low initial pH (2.0–4.0), yellow pigment was dominated (max 400 nm) but declined sharply beyond pH 5.0. However, the orange fraction maintained a steady state irrespective of pH condition (max 480 nm).