A wide range of filamentous fungi are used for SCP production: Neurospora spp., Monascus spp., Fusarium venenatum.
Production of mycoprotein and yeast SCP from industrial waste streams:
Dates: Safety assays and nutritional values of mycoprotein produced by Fusarium venenatum IR372C from date waste as substrate. Hashempour-Baltok et al., 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10483
Peas: Vegan-mycoprotein concentrate from pea- processing industry byproduct using edible filamentous fungi. Souza Filho et al., 2018. Fun- gal Biol Biotechnol 5:5 (2018).
Potato: Environmental impact of microbial protein from potato wastewater as feed ingredient: comparative consequential life cycle assessment of three production systems and soybean meal. Spiller et al., 2019. Water Res 171: 115406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115406.
Grass silage: Comparison of pretreatments and cost-optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis for production of single cell protein from grass silage fibre. Pihlajaniemi et al., 2020. Bioresour Technol Rep 9:100357. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.biteb.2019.100357.
Sugarbeet: Recycling of sugar industry wastewater for single-cell protein production with supplemental carotenoids. Saejung et al., 2020. Envi- ron Technol 41:59–70 (2020).
Oil: Biomass production by Yarrowia lipolytica yeast using waste derived from the production of ethyl esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids of flaxseed oil. Juszczyk et al., 2019. Ind Crops Prod 138:111590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111590.