Antibiotics
Jia et al.(Jia, Zhang et al. 2010) added different polyketide antibiotics to the medium by A. terreus ATCC 20542, which leaded to improve lovastatin titer by 20-25%, such as tylosin, erythromycin, tetracycline, daunorubicin. Especially, lovastatin titer reached 952.7±24.3 mg/L at the initial stage of lovastatin synthesis with the addition of 50 mg/L tylosin, increased by 42% and 22.2%, respectively.