The research of natural yellow pigments from microorganism has been reviewed in this paper, such as the safety and the metabolic mechanism of Monascus yellow pigments, the process controlling for Monascus yellow pigments production and so on. The application prospects and research emphases of Monascus yellow pigment have been discussed; the question in researching of Monascus yellow pigments also has been analyzed.
ZHOU Bo, WU Ji-Lin, ZHU Ming-Jun, LIANG Shi-Zhong, ZHONG Hai-Yan, LIN Qin-Lu. Advances on Yellow Pigments from Microorganism[J]. Microbiology China, 2010, 37(9): 1362-1368
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