Microbial utilization of some agricultural And agro-industrial waste products for the Production of single cell protein (scp).

Abstract

The dried residues of com crop (com straw) were hydrolysed by 0.5 NH2SO4. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been allowed to grow on media containing different concentrations of the com straw hydrolysate (CSH). The optimal concentration of CSH at which the maximal biomass gain with the higher content of cellular protein (SCP) was that containing 15% sugars. To this medium cane molasses (CM) were added in different concentrations, and 5. cerevisiae has been grown on it. the maximal biomass containing the highest amount of SCP was yielded in case of the medium containing CM in 2 g/L concentration.