Fig. 1

Dry biomass (g L−1) and RP yield (CV mL.−1) by Monascus ruber SRZ112 parent and the isolated mutants. Cultures were grown in 50 mL PD medium (pH 6.0) inoculated with 1 mL inoculum size of 7-day-old culture and incubated at 120 rpm and 25ºC for 10 days. The calculated mean is for triplicate measurements from two independent experiments. The means with * are significantly different from the control (LSD test, P ≤ 0.05)