• KSBB Journal
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.400-407
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• 2013

The growth characteristics and production of color pigments by Monascus strains were investigated during liquid culture, and production of monacolin K in red mold rice was carried out by solid state fermentation. Four different Monascus ruber strains were cultured in potato dextrose yeast extract broth (PDYB) media at $25^{\circ}C$ for 15 days. The high producing strain for red pigment was not corresponded to the strain for yellow pigment. Production of red pigment was high in the strain causing the fast pH change in culture broth. Production of monacolin K in red mold rice by solid state fermentation was influenced by a combination of wet cell weight and spore density in inoculum by liquid culture. Most strains showed the high production of monacolin K in red mold rice, when submerged fermentation was carried out for 5 days as inoculum for solid state fermentation. These results suggest that submerged fermentation period of inoculum have an effect on the production of monacolin K in red mold rice by solid state fermentation, and monacolin K in red mold rice could be increased by controlling the condition of submerged fermentation for inoculum.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.249-256
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• 2017

The Monascus azaphilone (MAz) pigment is a well-known food colorant that has yellow, orange and red components. The structures of the yellow and orange MAz differ by two hydride reductions, with yellow MAz being the reduced form. Orange MAz can be non-enzymatically converted to red MAz in the presence of amine derivatives. It was previously demonstrated that mppE and mppG are involved in the biosynthesis of yellow and orange MAz, respectively. However, ${\Delta}mppE$ and ${\Delta}mppG$ knockout mutants maintained residual production of yellow and orange MAz, respectively. In this study, we deleted the region encompassing mppD, mppE and mppG in M. purpureus and compared the phenotype of the resulting mutant (${\Delta}mppDEG$) with that of an mppD knockout mutant (${\Delta}mppD$). It was previously reported that the ${\Delta}mppD$ strain retained the ability to produce MAz but at approximately 10% of the level observed in the wildtype strain. A chemical analysis demonstrated that the ${\Delta}mppDEG$ strain was still capable of producing both yellow and orange MAz, suggesting the presence of minor MAz route(s) not involving mppE or mppG. Unexpectedly, the ${\Delta}mppDEG$ strain was observed to accumulate fast-eluting pigments in a reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. A LC-MS analysis identified these pigments as ethanolamine derivatives of red MAz, which had been previously identified in an mppE knockout mutant that produces high amounts of orange MAz. Although the underlying mechanism is largely unknown, this study has yielded an M. purpureus strain that selectively accumulates red MAz.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.120-127
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• 1991

식품용 색소로 사용되고 있는 Monascus-pigment(홍국색소) 를 산업적으로 생산하기 위하여 공기, 토양등으로부터 균주를 순수분리하여 색소생산용 배지에서 $30^{\circ}C$로 5일 동안 액체배양한 결과 색소생산이 가장 높은 Monascus sp. KS 2 를 분리하였다. 이균주를 모균주로 하여 NTG로 돌연변이를 유발한 결과 6개의 돌연변이주를 얻었으며, 색소생산성을 비교한 결과 가장 강력한 색소생산성 돌연변이주인 Monascus sp. SUR 37 을 선별하였으며, 모균주에 비해 적색색소와 황색색소가 각각 2.4배, 1.6배 높았다. 색소생산의 최적배양 조건은 온도 $30^{\circ}C$, pH6.0, 탄소원으로는 rice powder 5%, 질소원으로는 monosodium glutamate 0.15%, 그리고 아미노산으로는 DL-threonine, 배양기간은 4일이 가장 효과적이었다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2001

Traditional culture technology of medicinal plants mainly depends on the field culture, which has many problems. With progress of modern culture technology, it has become possible to produce valuable secondary metabolites from medicinal plants. In this paper, we discuss about the pigment and saikosaponin production from too medicinal plants, Carthamus tinctorius and Bupleurum falcatum, through bioreactor culture system. A two-stage bioreactor culture system was established for the production of yellow and red pigments and saikosaponins by cell suspension cultures of Carthamus tinctorius and Bupleurum falcatum. In Carthamus tinctorius, balloon type airlift bioreactors and column type airlift bioreactors were employed for the tell culture and for the pigment production, respectively. The greatest pigment production was obtained on White medium supplemented with 4 mg/L kinetin, high levels of sucrose concentration and photosynthetic photon flux. In Bupleurum falcatum, adventitious roots were cultured in balloon type airlift bioreactors and the root growth was greatest on SH medium containing 5 mg/L IBA and 0.2 mg/L kinetin. HPLC analysis showed that the contents of main active saikosaponins a, c, and d in adventitious roots were almost the same as those in field cultured root.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2005

본 연구는 Monascus purpureus P-57 변이주를 이용하여 액체배양을 통한 세포내 색소 생성의 최적 배양조건을 규명 하고자 하였다. M. purpureus P-57의 색소생성을 위한 최적 배지조성은 $4\%$ rice powder, $0.1\%$ beef extract, $0.03\%$ glutamic acid, $0.1\%\;MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O,\;0.25\%\;KH_2PO_4$이며, 배지의 pH는 5.0이였다. 그리고 최적 배양조건은 $30^{\circ}C$ , 150 rpm에서 8일간 배양했을 때 가장 높은 색소 생성력을 나타내었다. M. purpureus P-57을 이상의 최적 조건에서 배양했을 때 적색 색소가 356.04 mit, 황색 색소가 268.20 unit으로 가장 많은 색소를 생성하였고, 균체량은 15.00 g/L를 생산할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.142-149
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• 1991

Gardenia callus was induced in MS medium containing $10{\;}{\mu}M$ of 2,4 diphenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D), $1{\;}{\mu}M$ kinetin, and 3% sucrose in the dark. $B_5$ medium was identified to be the most adequate medium for cell growth. Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) was better growth regulator than 2,4-D not only for cell growth but slso for carotenoid production. Ligt also played a critical role on synthesis of carotenoid. Gardenia cells grown in $B_5$ medium could utilize a polysaccharide, soluble starch, as a carbon source. The cell growth was stimulated in $B_5$ medium fortified with 0.2% yeast extract. The optimum pH for cell growth was 5.7. High density cultures can be maintained by increasing inoculum size and medium concentration accordingly. Specific growth rate and mass doubling time were 0.095 $day^{-1}$ and 7.3 days, respectively. The cell immobilized in alginate tends to formulate more enlarged vacuoles containing yellow pigment compared with those of suspended cell. Carotenoid content of immobilized cell was about $264.4{\;}{\mu}g/g$ fresh weight (F.W.) corresponding twice of the content of suspended cell ($112.08{\;}{\mu}g/g$ F.W.). The color of gardenia cell was shifted from yellow to red when carbohydrase-secreting fungus, Trichoderma reesei, was co-cultivated with gardenia cells.