Question

Which of the following is/are example(s) of SCP?

• A. Bread mould
• B. E. coli
• C. Spirulina
• D. Methylophilus methylotrophus

Answer 1

Answer: (C), (D)

The correct options are
C Spirulina
D Methylophilus methylotrophus

Single cell proteins are edible unicellular microbes. Some of the algae that can be used to produce SCPs are Spirulina maxima, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Scenedesmus acutus. Fungi like Candida utilis or torula yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae or baker’s yeast and Chaetomium cellulolyticum are good sources of SCPs. Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum and Methylophilus methylotrophus are other few bacterial sources of SCPs.