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Table 2 Cell suspension culture using before and after washed mycelia as whole cell biocatalyst

From: Biocatalytic activity of Monascus mycelia depending on physiology and high sensitivity to product concentration

 

No washed mycelia

Washed mycelia

Initial loading mycelia

 Lipid-free mycelia (g/l)

13.63 (±0.02)

10.62 (±0.03)

 Lipid content (%)

27.69 (±0.64)

26.88 (±0.55)

 Intracellular Monascus pigments (AU)

31.96 (±0.51)

1.32 (±0.07)

After cell suspension culture

 Residual glucose (g/l)

43.41 (±0.05)

35.33 (±1.27)

 Intracellular Monascus pigments (AU)

2.52 (±0.11)

0.63 (±0.07)

 Extracellular Monascus pigments (AU)

18.01 (±0.21)

10.08 (±0.75)

 Accumulation of Monascus pigments (AU)

−8.38 (±0.07)

8.84 (±0.71)