Q.What are the materials used to grow microorganism like Spirulina?

Chlorella is a unicellular green alga; it is also cultured as a source of single-cell protein.

Chlorella is a spherical, single-celled green alga (a member of the green algae). It is photosynthetic and is grown commercially, being used as a rich source of protein (single-cell protein, SCP …

Spirulina, a protein- and vitamin-rich cyanobacterium, is processed into vitamin-enriched dietary tablets.

Spirulina (genus Arthrospira) is a multicellular, filamentous, blue-green alga (cyanobacterium) that thrives in warm, alkaline lakes and can be mass-cultured in open ponds or bioreactors at low cost and high yield. Its biomass is unusually rich in complete protein (containing all essential amino acids), vitamin B12, beta-carotene, gamma-linolenic acid, iron and phycocyanin, which makes it a valuable single-cell-protein (SCP) source for combating malnutrition and vitamin deficiency; it is dried and compressed into tablets or sold as powder marketed as a nutritional supplement for humans and animal feed alike. Mushrooms are eukaryotic fungi valued as food but are not typically processed into enriched vitamin tablets in this sense; Nostoc is another nitrogen-f …