mSystems (Oct 2021)

Integrative Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses Uncover Metabolic Alterations and Pigment Diversity in <i>Monascus</i> in Response to Different Nitrogen Sources

  • Di Huang,
  • Yuhui Wang,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Huimin Xu,
  • Jing Bai,
  • Huijing Zhang,
  • Xiaolong Jiang,
  • Jian Yuan,
  • Gege Lu,
  • Lingyan Jiang,
  • Xiaoping Liao,
  • Bin Liu,
  • Huanhuan Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00807-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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Natural MPs containing a mixture of red, orange, and yellow pigments are widely used as food coloring agents. MP diversity provides foods with versatile colors and health benefits but, in turn, complicate efforts to achieve maximum yield or desirable combination of pigments during the manufacturing process.