• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.111-116
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• 2004

The optimum cultural conditions for production of red pigment from Monascus rubber KCTC 6122 is liquid culture were studied. Monascus robber KCTC 6122 was shown to give the maximum production of red pigment in the medium containing 4％ rice powder, 0.2％ NaNO$_3$, 0.3％ Na$_2$HP0$_4$ and 0.15％ MgSO$_4$. The optimum culture conditions, temperature, initial pH and shaking speed were 30$^{\circ}C$, 6.5 and 150 rpm, respectively. The red pigment production reached a maximum level at 8days of cultivation.