Processes for the production of proteins from polysaccharides by cultivation of single-cell microorganisms

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Processes for the production of proteins from materials containing polysaccharides that as such are not suitable as a source of carbon for cultivation of single-cell microorganisms which process comprises hydrolyzing the said material containing the polysaccharide to convert the polysaccharide therein into monosaccharides, or polysaccharides formed of a smaller number of saccharide units, or both, in the presence of an acid a salt of which acid, is required as a nutrient for the cultivation of the microorganism and subsequently adding a base the the resulting hydrolyzate to convert the acid therein into a nutrient salt inoculating the said, hydrolyzate with a culture of the microorganism …