How single cell protein is produced from bacteria using whey?
The production of single cell protein takes place in a fermentation process. This is done by selected strains of microorganisms are multiplied on suitable raw materials in technical cultivation process directed to the growth of the culture, and the cell mass so obtained is isolated by separation processes. Process development begins with microbial screening, in which suitable production strains are obtained from samples of soil, water an air or from swabs of inorganic or biological materials and are subsequently optimised by selection, mutation, or other genetic methods. Then the technical conditions of cultivation for the optimised strains are worked out and any special metabolic pathways and cell structures are determined. In parallel to these biological investigations, process engineering and apparatus technology adapt the technical performance of the process and the apparatus in which the production of microbial biomass is to be carried out in order to make them ready for use on th
