The role of single cell protein in cellular agriculture
Year of publication
2022
Authors
Nyyssölä, Antti; Suhonen, Anniina; Ritala, Anneli; Oksman-Caldentey, Kirsi-Marja
Abstract
More food needs to be produced for the growing human population, but the possibilities of expanding the area of arable land are limited. Cellular Agriculture is an emerging field of biotechnology, aimed at finding alternatives to agricultural production of various commodities. As a part of Cellular Agriculture, the use of microbes and microalgae as food and feed with high protein content, so-called single cell protein (SCP), is gaining renewed scientific and commercial interest. In this review, we give an introduction to SCP production by heterotrophic microbial species, phototrophs, methanotrophs and autotrophic hydrogen oxidizers, as well as highlight some challenges and the latest developments in the growing SCP industry.
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Ritala Anneli
Suhonen Anniina 
Nyyssölä Antti
Oksman-Caldentey Kirsi-Marja
Publication type
Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Journal
Article type
Review article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic reviewPublication channel information
Journal/Series
Volume
75
Article number
102686
ISSN
Publication forum
Publication forum level
1
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
Yes
Open access of publication channel
Partially open publication channel
License of the publisher’s version
CC BY
Self-archived
No
Other information
Fields of science
Environmental sciences; Plant biology, microbiology, virology
Keywords
[object Object]
Language
English
International co-publication
No
Co-publication with a company
No
DOI
10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102686
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes