Genus Monascus(M. pilosus and M purpureus)의 배지(Lin, SP, YM YE, GMIN, SMO, MY, GY, Nishikawa, sucrose, stock culture, Mizutani, modified Lit Toya 및 쌀배지)에 따른 균의 증식도와 색소생성량을 조사하였다. M. pilosus 및 M purpureus의 증식도가 높은 배지는 Mizutani 배지와 Lin 배지 였으며 3$0^{circ}C$에서 10일간 배양하였을 때 생균체 무게는 각각 24.5~26.9 g/100 mL 및 15.9~17.2 g/100 mL이였고 M. pilosus의 성장률이 높았다. 색소생성량이 높은 배지는 두 균주 다같이 Lin 및 Mizutani 배지였으며 각각 흡광도는 1.2~1.6 및 0.8~l.0이었다. 균주 중에서는 M. pilosus에서 높았다.
Growth and pigment formation in Genus Monascus(M. pilosus and M purpureus) related 15 kinds of culture media(Lin medium, SP medium, YM medium, YE medium, GMIN medium, SMO medium, MY medium, GY medium, Nishikawa medium, sucrose medium, stock culture, Mizutani medium, modified Lin medium, Toya medium and rice medium) were investigated. Mizutani medium and Lin medium among 15 kinds of the culture media showed good growth for M. pilosus, M purpureus, fresh mycelium weight cultivated for 10 days at 30$^{circ}C$ was each 24.5∼26.9 or 15.9∼17.2 g/100 mL. The culture media which showed higher content of pigment production in two fungi were Lin medium(OD: 1.2 ∼ 1.6 and Mizutani medium(OD: 0.8 ∼ 1.0) that showed higher in M. pilosus.
