Some Examples of Single Cell Protein (SCP) from Microorganisms Grown on Different Substrates

Some Examples of Single Cell Protein (SCP) from Microorganisms Grown on Different Substrates

Some Examples of Single Cell Protein (SCP) from Microorganisms Grown on Different Substrates

Organism	Substrate	Crude protein (%)
Algae (Photosynthetic)	CO₂, Sunlight	55
Scenedesmus acutus Spirulina maxima Chlorella sp.	CO₂, HCO₃, CO₂, sunlight CO₂, cane syrup, molasses	62 -
Bacteria (Photosynthetic) Rhodopseudomonas capsulata	Industrial wastes, sunlight	61
Bacteria (nonphotosynthetic) Cellulomonas sp.	Bagasse	87
Methylococcus capsulatus	Methane	-
Methylophilus methylotrophus	Methanol	72

Organism	Substrate	Crude protein (%)
M. clara	Methanol	-
Yeasts
Candida sp.	n-Alkenes	65
Candida utilis (Torula)	Ethanol, Sulphite waste liquor	50-55
Kluyveromyces fragilis	Cheese whey (lactose)	45-54
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Molasses	53
Fungi
Fusarium graminearum	Glucose	-
Cephalosporium eichhorniae	Cassava starch	48-50
Chaetomium cellulolyticum	Agriculture and forestry wastes	45
Paecilomyces varioti	Sulphite waste liquor	55
Penicillium eye/opium	Cheese whey (Iactose)	47
Scytalidium acidophthlum	Acid, hydrolyzed waste paper	44-47