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Abstract
The continuing increase in world population has a
direct and immediate effect on the consumption of food, particularly
in the developing countries.
One fifth of the people in the developing countries
are undernourished and between a quarter to u11e third ure
protein malnourished.
Since the efficiency of converting the raw materials
into cellular constituents is much higher for microorganisms
than for any farm animals, the exploition of the microorganisms,
for increasing the quantity and improving the quality of
human food, was tried by several investigators. A great deal
of work has been given to produce single cell protein, i.e.,
crude or refined protein derived from unicellular or simple
multicellular organisms.
The possibility of using fungal mycelium as a source
of protein for chronic food shortage areas of the world has
been considered.
The idea of mass cultivation of fungal mycelium as
source of human food and for animal feeding was reported around
1920 .