Bio (Single cell) protein: Issues of production, toxins and commercialisation status

Agricultural Wastes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-154

  Rudravaram, Ravinder ^a   Chandel, Anuj Kumar ^b   Rao, Linga Venkateswar ^a   Hui, Yim Zhi ^c   Ravindra, Pogaku ^c  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nucleic acid; Single cell protein (SCP); Solid state fermentation (SSF); Toxins

Indexed keywords

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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