DIVERGENCE OF METABOLITES IN THREE PHYLOGENETICALLY CLOSE MONASCUS SPECIES (M. PILOSUS, M. RUBER, AND M. PURPUREUS) BASED ON SECONDARY METABOLITE BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTERS

Divergence of metabolites in three phylogenetically close Monascus species (M. pilosus, M. ruber, and M. purpureus) based on secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters

Abstract Background Species of the genus Monascus are considered to be economically important and have been widely used in the production of yellow and red food colorants.In particular, three Monascus species, namely, M.pilosus, M.purpureus, and M.ruber, are used for food fermentation in the cuisine of East Asian countries such as China, Japan, and

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Changes in the distribution of nesting Arctic seaducks are not strongly related to variation in polar bear presence

Contemporary climate change is fr9938 predicted to expose some species to altered predation regimes.Losses of Arctic sea ice are causing polar bears to increasingly forage on colonial seaduck eggs in lieu of ice-based hunting of marine mammals.Although polar bear predation of bird eggs has now been widely documented, it is unclear whether this chan

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