Edible protein substances composed of fungal mycellium
AssigneeRanks Hovis McDougall Limited
InventorsGerald L. Solomons, Gerald W. Scammell
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Abstract
An edible protein-containing substance is produced by incubating and proliferating, under aerobic conditions, a nontoxic strain of the genus Fusarium or a variant or mutant thereof, in a culture medium containing essential growth-promoting nutrient substances, of which carbon in the form of assimilable carbohydrate constitutes the limited substrate in proliferation, and separating the proliferated organism comprising the edible protein-containing substance. Novel strains and variants of Fusarium graminearum are disclosed.
Claims17
An article of manufacture comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium possessing a high net protein utilization value of the order of 65 or above based on .alpha.-amino nitrogen.
A separated proliferated nonviable edible material comprising an edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium possessing a high net protein utilization value of the order of 65 or above based on .alpha.-amino nitrogen.
An article of manufacture comprising a nonviable edible mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium, having a filamentous structure, possessing good water-binding capacity and having a high net protein utilization value of the order of 65 or above based on .alpha.-amino nitrogen.
An article of manufacture comprising a dry nonviable edible mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium, having a filamentous structure, possessing good water-binding capacity and having a high net protein utilization value of the order of 65 or above based on .alpha.-amino nitrogen.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium possessing a high net protein utilization value of the order of 70 or above based on .alpha.-amino nitrogen.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium selected from the group consisting of Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum and variants and mutants thereof possessing a high net protein utilization value of the order of 65 or above based on .alpha.-amino nitrogen.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium graminearum Schwabe deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 145425.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium graminearum Schwabe deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 154209.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium graminearum Schwabe deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 154211.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium graminearum Schwabe deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 154212.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium graminearum Schwabe deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 154213.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium graminearum Schwabe deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 154210.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium solani deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 154217.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium oxysporum deposited with the Commonwealth Mycological Institute and assigned the number I.M.I. 154214.
A fermentation product comprising a nonviable edible non-toxic fungal mycelium of a non-toxic strain of Fusarium possessing a high net protein utilization value of the order of 65 or above based on .alpha.-amino nitrogen.
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