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Effects and Mechanism of Blue Light on Monascus in Liquid Fermentation.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Mar 2017
Zhang Xiaowei, Liu Wenqing, Chen Xiying, Cai Junhui, Wang Changlu, He Weiwei
Abstract excerpt
The effect of light on Monascus and the underlying mechanism have received a great deal of interest for the industrial application of Monascus pigments. In this study, we have examined the effects of blue light on the culture morphology, mycelium growth, pigments, and citrinin yield of Monascus in liquid-state and oscillation fermentation, and explored the mechanism at a physiological level. It was found that...
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