Student project on the use of substances derived from living organisms for commercial purposes.?

Question

I have to submit the idea for a student project in an analytical chemistry course. The project is about bioprospection which is the use of substances derived from living organisms for commercial or even everyday purposes. We are avoiding anything related to the medical field because this is beyond the scope of the course. Some students have already proposed ideas such as the production of perfumes or even dyes ... If you have other interesting ideas about the subject, this would REALLY help. Thanks!
Also, if you know about interesting scientific websites that could help in such topics, feel free to share them with me...

Answer 1

Quorn is a very good example as you are actually using the organism itself for commercial purposes. Basically it is a filamentous funghi which is grown on a large school and is the basis of the Quorn meat substitute. The filamentous nature of the organism produce a textured substance similar to that of meat.

For more information visit the website of Marlow Foods, the producer of Quorn:-

http://www.quorn.com/

Or see the detailed Wikipedia entry shown here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn

Answer 2

beer making
wine making
cheese making