Solein – Protein out of thin air

Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by arthur2e5 on Friday August 05, 2022 @09:25AM (#32355784)

… Which makes knowing what microbe it’s using even more interesting. I mean, H2-eating microbes are quite common (and are likely how life started around seabed thermal vents), but making these things edible?

(Patent says it’s a strain of Xanthobacter.)

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Re:Solein – Protein out of thin air by elil17 on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:18AM (#32357384)

There's no reason they wouldn't be edible. Things are usually inedible because either they have some compound that's meant to be very durable (lignin in wood), they have evolved to be poisonous (many plants and fungi). A H2-eating microbe probably has no reason to evolve either property.

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