Single cell protein
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- 11 August 1980
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
- Vol. 290 (1040) , 341-354
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1980.0099
Abstract
The following topics are covered in this paper: the European feedstuff business, size, shape and source; the protein and amino acid requirements of the principal target species; the place of single cell protein (s.c.p.); the raw material options and the technical challenge of large scale s.c.p. manufacture; fermentation of s.c.p., its stoichiometry, mass and heat transfer requirements; static and dynamic optimization and control; the pressure cycle fermenter; the principle of sterility and the engineering design constraints; the nutritional performance of I.C.I.’s ‘Pruteen’ and the future for s.c.p.Keywords
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