Study on the physiological characteristics of seven ordinary Monascus
- Received Date: 2001-03-20
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Key words:
- Monascus /
- physiology /
- identification
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Study on the physiological characteristics of Monascus fungi.METHODS Control as Aspergillus terreus ,the 7 ordinary species of Monascus including M.aurantiacus Lee,et al were tested with 9 kinds of sources of nitrogen and 13 kinds of sources of carbon and the abilities of hydrolysis of gelatin.RESULTS All of the tested Monascus can utilize organic nitrogen such as soybean flour,while exist obviously differences in using inorganic nitrogen such as ammonium sulfate.The tested Monascus can utilize most of carbohydrates,while not utilize lactobionic acid.There exist obviously differences in using gossypose,lactose,rhamnose and sorboae. M.serorubesceus Sato and M.purpureus Went can hydrolyze gelatin while others not.CONCLUSION There are valuable of nitrogen and carbon utilization and the abilities of hydrolyzing gelatin to the identification of Monascus fungi.
Citation: | XING Wang-xing, CHENG Rong-zhen, MI He-ming, LIN Pei-ying, CHEN Shi-jiang, WU Yu-tian. Study on the physiological characteristics of seven ordinary Monascus[J]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Service, 2001, (4): 231-233. |