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Process for the production of fungal protein

  • US 3,151,038 A
  • Filed: 08/24/1962
  • Issued: 09/29/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A PROCESS FOR THE MICROBIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF (I) AEROBICALLY CULTURING A SPECIES OF FUNGUS OF THE CLASS FUNGI IMPERFECTI (DEUTEROMYCETES) WHICH IS NON-PATHOGENIC TO HUMANS IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM UNDER CONDITIONS WHICH SUPPORT GROWTH OF THE FUNGUS, SAID CULTURE INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:

  • (1) A SOURCE OF ASSIMILABLE CARBOHYDRATE, (2) A NITROGEN SOURCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (A) A WATER-SOLUBLE INORGANIC NITROGEN SOURCE AND (B) A NON-PROTEIN ORGANIC NITROGEN SOURCE, AND (3) A ZINC SALT IN AMOUNT BETWEEN ABOUT THIRTY PARTS PER MILLION BY WEIGHT OF THE MEDIUM AND THAT AMOUNT WHICH INHIBITS GROWTH OF THE FUNGUS, AND (II) SEPARATING THE PROTEIN-CONTAINING FUNGAL TISSUE FROM THE CULTURE MEDIUM.

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