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Monascus
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Within Vinony's link graph, Monascus is referenced by 20 other articles, and connects out to Japan, China and fungi.
It is catalogued under topics including Aspergillaceae, Eurotiomycetes genera and Taxa described in 1884.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Genus
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassEurotiomycetes
- OrderEurotiales
- FamilyMonascaceae
Habitatmarine
via
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Monascaceae
- Collections
- BPI, NEB, MU, UFPE
- Recorded in
- United States, Indonesia, ?
Research
1,351 papers- Monascus pigments.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2012
- Monascus rice products.Advances in food and nutrition research · 2007
- Synthetic biology for Monascus: From strain breeding to industrial production.Biotechnology journal · 2024
- Purified Monascus Pigments: Biological Activities and Mechanisms of Action.Journal of natural products · 2025
- Natural pigment from Monascus: The production and therapeutic significance.Journal of applied microbiology · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Monascaceae
- Image
- The botanical magazine = Shokubutsugaku zasshi (1901) (20374970866).jpg
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- Monascus
- taxon name
- Monascus
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- genus
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- Tiegh.
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Japan
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China
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fungi
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East Asia
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mold
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Ascomycota
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PubMed Central
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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type species
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World Register of Marine Species
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