Effect of light on growth, pigment production and culture morphology of Monascus purpureus in solid-state fermentation

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2671-2675

  Babitha, Sumathy ^a,b   Carvahlo, Julio C ^c   Soccol, Carlos R ^c   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Direct illumination; Monascus purpureus; Photoreceptors; Red pigment; Solid state fermentation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CURING; DRYING;

CULTURE MORPHOLOGY; DIRECT ILLUMINATION; LIGHT QUALITY; MONASCUS PURPUREUS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT PRODUCTION; RED AND BLUE LIGHT; RED PIGMENT; SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION; TOTAL SUPPRESSION;

FERMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 52449132406     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9794-3     Document Type: Article

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