Single Cell Proteins production from food processing effluents and digestate. 2022

Davide Bertasini, and Renato Leal Binati, and David Bolzonella, and Federico Battista
Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Verona, Italy.

The increase in human population determines a higher proteins request to sustain the feed demand for animals and aquaculture. Single Cell Proteins (SCPs) consist of mixed protein from pure and mixed culture of bacteria, fungi, algae, and yeast, which are grown and harvested to accomplish the food requirement of human and animals. This work investigated the production of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to be used as SCPs for animal feeding. The effluent of candies production process, rich in sugars, about 40 g/L, and agricultural digestate rich in nitrogen and other macro and micronutrients, were used for the yeast's growth. Preliminary batch tests demonstrated that aerobic conditions optimized the biomass growth. Then, continuous aerobic tests were conducted at different dilution rates. The dilution rate of 0.50 d-1, corresponding to a hydraulic retention time of 2 days, optimized both the biomass productivity of 0.25 g/L per day and the protein content of 28% w/w. The analysis of the aminoacidic profile demonstrated that obtained SCPs could be used as an integrator of feed for fish and monogastric animals. On the contrary, they were not suitable for pet feed as all the amino acids concentrations were lower than required standards. These results suggested that anaerobic digesters in the agricultural sector can be transformed into small biorefineries for microbial protein production.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004044 Dietary Proteins Proteins obtained from foods. They are the main source of the ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS. Proteins, Dietary,Dietary Protein,Protein, Dietary
D005511 Food Handling Any aspect of the operations in the preparation, processing, transport, storage, packaging, wrapping, exposure for sale, service, or delivery of food. Food Processing,Handling, Food,Processing, Food
D000693 Anaerobiosis The complete absence, or (loosely) the paucity, of gaseous or dissolved elemental oxygen in a given place or environment. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed) Anaerobic Metabolism,Anaerobic Metabolisms,Anaerobioses,Metabolism, Anaerobic,Metabolisms, Anaerobic
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012441 Saccharomyces cerevisiae A species of the genus SACCHAROMYCES, family Saccharomycetaceae, order Saccharomycetales, known as "baker's" or "brewer's" yeast. The dried form is used as a dietary supplement. Baker's Yeast,Brewer's Yeast,Candida robusta,S. cerevisiae,Saccharomyces capensis,Saccharomyces italicus,Saccharomyces oviformis,Saccharomyces uvarum var. melibiosus,Yeast, Baker's,Yeast, Brewer's,Baker Yeast,S cerevisiae,Baker's Yeasts,Yeast, Baker
D018533 Biomass Total mass of all the organisms of a given type and/or in a given area. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) It includes the yield of vegetative mass produced from any given crop. Biomasses
D019149 Bioreactors Tools or devices for generating products using the synthetic or chemical conversion capacity of a biological system. They can be classical fermentors, cell culture perfusion systems, or enzyme bioreactors. For production of proteins or enzymes, recombinant microorganisms such as bacteria, mammalian cells, or insect or plant cells are usually chosen. Fermentors,Bioreactor,Fermentor

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