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Impact of Light and Temperature on Growth, Intracellular and Extracellular Pigment, and Lovastatin Yield by Monascus ruber in Synthetic Medium

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022
The development of alternate sources for the production of natural pigments has been targeted to overcome the utilization of artificial coloring, which is dangerous to human health and the environment.
K. Suganya, A. Usha Raja Nanthini, Jayaraman Narenkumar, Subramani Abilaji, Aruliah Rajasekar, Subpiramaniyam Sivakumar, S. Prasath, Hesham S. Almoallim, Tahani Awad Alahmadi   +8 more
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Divergence of metabolites in three phylogenetically close Monascus species (M. pilosus, M. ruber, and M. purpureus) based on secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Species of the genus Monascus are considered to be economically important and have been widely used in the production of yellow and red food colorants. In particular, three Monascus species, namely, M. pilosus, M. purpureus, and M.
Yuki Higa, Young-Soo Kim, Md. Altaf-Ul-Amin, Ming Huang, Naoaki Ono, Shigehiko Kanaya   +5 more
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Identification and Transcriptional Profiling of SNARE Family in Monascus ruber M7 Reveal Likely Roles in Secondary Metabolism

Fermentation, 2022
Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) are the core components that mediate vesicle fusion, and they play an important role in secondary metabolism of filamentous fungi.
Chenchen Meng, Youxiang Zhou, Jiao Liu, Fusheng Chen   +3 more
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Enhancing bioprocessing of red pigment from immobilized culture of gamma rays mutant of the endophytic fungus Monascus ruber SRZ112 [PDF]

Journal of Biological Engineering
Considerable attention has been paid to exploring the biotechnological applications of several Monascus sp. for pigment production. In this study, our focus is on enhancing the bioprocessing of red pigment (RP) derived from the endophytic fungus Monascus
El-Sayed R. El-Sayed, Shaimaa A. Mousa, Tomasz Strzała, Filip Boratyński   +3 more
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Monascus ruber in Beer Brewing—Preliminary Studies on Application of New Microorganism in the Brewing Sector

Beverages
Beer is a drink that has been a staple in human history, evolving from its beginning in antiquity to the present day. Nowadays, large breweries and other companies have set up laboratories focused on finding and developing new yeast strains for the ...
Mateusz Jackowski, Jan Śmigiel, Tomasz Grygier, Maciej Grabowski, Anna Trusek   +4 more
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Monascus ruber as cell factory for lactic acid production at low pH

Metabolic Engineering, 2017
A Monascus ruber strain was isolated that was able to grow on mineral medium at high sugar concentrations and 175 g/l lactic acid at pH 2 ...
Werten, M.W.T., Levisson, M., Griekspoor, Y., de Vrije, G.J., Mendes, O., Leprince, A., Moers, A.P.H.A., Mars, A.E., Eggink, G., Springer, J., van der Wal, H., Houweling-Tan, G.B.N., van der Oost, J., Weusthuis, R.A., Wolbert, E.J.H., Schaap, P.J., Hendriks, S.N.A.   +16 more
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Stability and Components Identification of Monascus ruber´s pigments [PDF]

Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences, 2017
The aim of this study is to evaluate the stability of red, orange and yellow pigments produced from Monascus ruber Went AUMC5705 under the conditions of both solid state fermentation (SSF) and liquid state fermentation (LSF).
H. Abdel-Raheam, Nanis Gomah
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Genetic Modification of mfsT Gene Stimulating the Putative Penicillin Production in Monascus ruber M7 and Exhibiting the Sensitivity towards Precursor Amino Acids of Penicillin Pathway [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2019
: The biosynthesis of penicillin G (PG) is compartmentalized, which forces penicillin and its intermediates to cross the membrane barriers. Although many aspects around the penicillin intermediates traffic system remain unclosed, the transmembrane ...
Rabia Ramzan, Muhammad Safiullah Virk, Zafarullah Muhammad, Amani Mohedein Mohammed Ahmed, Xi Yuan, Fusheng Chen   +5 more
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Considerations Regarding the Cytotoxicity of Certain Classes of Fungal Polyketides—Potential Raw Materials for Skincare Products for Healthy and Diseased Skin [PDF]

Pharmaceutics
Background: This study investigates the cytotoxicity of microbial polyketides biosynthesized by Monascus species through both in silico and in vitro approaches.
Daniela Albisoru, Nicoleta Radu, Raluca Senin, Mihai Dan Caramihai, Mihaela Begea, Oksana Mulesa, Viviana Roman, Marinela Bostan   +7 more
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Rising temperature stimulates the biosynthesis of water-soluble fluorescent yellow pigments and gene expression in Monascus ruber CGMCC10910 [PDF]

AMB Express, 2017
Monascus species can produce secondary metabolites that have a polyketide structure. In this study, four types of extracellular water-soluble yellow pigments (Y1–Y4) were generated by submerged fermentation with Monascus ruber CGMCC 10910, of which Y3 ...
Tao Huang, Hailing Tan, Gong Chen, Lu Wang, Zhenqiang Wu   +4 more
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