Protein Enrichment of Lignocellulose Resulting From The Growth of Two Streptomyces Strains

Abstract

Bacteria and several actinomycetes in the genus Streptomyces have been shown to degrade lignocellulose (Odier et al., 1979; Antai, 1985; Iyo and Antai, 1988). Lignocellulosic materials have received attention as possible alternatives for the production of single cell protein (Hans and Callihan, 1974; Chahal et al., 1979). The use of single cells in food and animal feed has been reported by Sandana et al. (1979).