Monascus kaoliang

Monascus kaoliang is a fungus.^[1]

Monascus kaoliang
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetidae
Order:	Incertae sedis
Family:	Monascaceae
Genus:	Monascus
Species:	M. kaoliang C.F.Lin & Iizuka (1975)

References

1. Lin, Ching-Fwu, and Hiroshi Iizuka. "Production of extracellular pigment by a mutant of Monascus kaoliang sp. nov." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 43.3 (1982): 671–676.

Further reading

• Chayawat, Jirawun, et al. "Pigments and anti-cholesterol agent production by Monascus kaoliang KB 9 and its color mutants in rice solid cultures." Kasetsart Journal 43 (2009): 696–702.
• Cheng, Ming-Jen; Wu, Ming-Der; Su, Yung-Shun; Yuan, Gwo-Fang; Chen, Yen-Lin; Chen, Ih-Sheng (2012). "Secondary metabolites from the fungus Monascus kaoliang and inhibition of nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages". Phytochemistry Letters. 5 (2): 262–266. doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2012.01.008.
• Jongrungruangchok S, Kittakoop P, Yongsmith B, Bavovada R, Tanasupawat S, Lartpornmatulee N, et al. (2004). "Azaphilone pigments from a yellow mutant of the fungus Monascus kaoliang". Phytochemistry. 65 (18): 2569–75. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.08.032. PMID 15451319.