What is meant by single-cell protein?
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Answer / cyril johnson
A protein extracted from cultured algae, yeasts, or
bacteria and used as a substitute for protein-rich foods,
especially in animal feeds.
Microorganisms can be grown on a whole range of
cheap or waste materials, harvested and then purified
processed to provide food for either humans or livestock.
If the foodstuff produced is a protein, the product is
called single cell protein (SCP). Many microorganisms are
suitable for this process, including algae, blue-greens,
fungi and bacteria
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Answer / sadaf hasan
Dried biomass of a single species of microbe that can be
use as a protein source in the diet is known as single-cell
protein.
Microorganisms can be grown on a whole range of
cheap or waste materials, harvested and then purified
processed to provide food for either humans or livestock.
If the foodstuff produced is a protein, the product is
called single cell protein (SCP). Many microorganisms are
suitable for this process, including algae, blue-greens,
fungi and bacteria
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Answer / mathan.m
Microorganisms which are allowed to grow on waste products
from agro based industries produce a large amount of
proteins and store them in their cell bodies. These
organisms are called as single cell proteins.
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single cell protein (SCP) typically refers to sources of
mixed protein extracted from pure or mixed cultures of
algae, yeasts, fungi or bacteria (grown on agricultural
wastes) used as a substitute for protein-rich foods, in
human and animal feeds.
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Answer / s.krishnasamy
single cell protein is derived from such as chlorela.it is
uses in space travels for that diet.
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