Kiranjeet Kaur Biotechnologist

  Single Cell Protein (SCP) Microorganisms As Food  Image credit to Edward Jenner/Pexels.com   M icroorganisms are omnipresent, they are found everywhere, where there is life exit. Microorganisms are both beneficial and harmful. Some microorganisms are used in the food and some are used as food. This article is related to In which way how microorganisms are used as food. Single-cell protein (SCP) is used as a supplement of protein.SCP is generated to wakeup the protein deficiency. It may be used as both feed and food. Consumption of SCP is direct as a human food supplement and may be used in the animal feed also.  Many microorganisms such as algae, yeasts, fungi, and bacteria species are used for the production of SCP. Some of the examples of Microorganisms species that are used as food and feed : Algae Chlorella sp. Spirulina maxima etc. Yeast Candida utilis Candida lipolytica Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kluyveromyces fragilis etc. Fungi Fusarium grami...