Red Pigment Production By Monascus Purpureus In Stirred-Drum Bioreactor

Comparative Study of Monascus Sanguineus and Monascus Purpureus as Potential Sources for Red Pigment Production

Monascus spp. namely Monascus sanguineus was isolated from pomegranate (Punica granatum). In this study, the isolated M. sanguineus was compared with M. purpureus MTCC410 procured from MTCC Chandigarh, India for optimising the red pigment yield. It was observed that both strains had produced maximum red pigment on the 16 day of incubation (21.9 CVU/ml for M. sanguineus & 16.9 CVU/ml for M. purp...

natural pigment production by monascus purpureus: bioreactor yield improvement through statistical analysis

among the ways of pigment production, microbial synthesis has gained more interest for high growth rate, easy extraction and high yield. pigments are used in the food industry as natural colorants and preservatives; they also have pharmaceutical applications. in this study, fungus monascus purpureus ptcc 5303 was used to produce red, orange and yellow pigments. at first, significant variables w...

EFFECT OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION ON RED PIGMENT AND CITRININ PRODUCTION BY Monascus purpureus ATCC 36928

The present study investigated the effects of agitation speed, N (200, 500, 600 or 700 rpm), and dissolved oxygen concentration, C (120, >70, 70, 60, 10 or 10%), on red pigment and citrinin production by Monascus purpureus ATCC 36928, cultivated in liquid medium by a batch process. The gas flow rate was the same for all runs with C controlled by means of the incoming gas composition control (ai...

Review of Angkak Production (Monascus purpureus)

High-throughput system for screening of Monascus purpureus high-yield strain in pigment production

Background: An economical and integrated high-throughput primary screening strategy was developed for high-aerobic microbe Monascus purpureus cultivation. A novel and effective mixture culture method was proposed and used to realize the whole mutant library being high-throughput screened after mutagenesis. Results: The good correlation of fermentation results between differing-scale cultivation...