Effect of stress on growth, pigment production and morphology of Monascus sp. in solid cultures

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-126

  Babitha, Sumathy ^a   Soccol, Carlos Ricardo ^b   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Growth; Industrial application; Monascus purpureus; Pigment production

Indexed keywords

MONASCUS; MONASCUS PURPUREUS;

GLYCEROL; PIGMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MONASCUS; TEMPERATURE;

FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; MONASCUS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34250182056     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200610261     Document Type: Article

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