[speerer]

This is very close to the subject of the article. In the following quotation, "consortia" means (I think) globs of algae:

> After comparing the experimental pyrolysis breakdown products, which were able to be converted to biomass using a consortia, it was hypothesized that equivalent chemicals found on asteroids could also be converted to biomass with the same nutritional content as the pyrolyzed products. This study is a mathematical exercise that explores the potential food yield that could be produced from these methodologies.

[HenryBemis]

I wanted to paste the very same paragraph and bring up my own dream (for which I hope someone is working hard).

I am a Trekkie. I dream of the day that (in the future, unfortunately far beyond my lifespan) someone will create a Replicator[0] and people will be able to order a burger with a side of fries, a large soda drink to wash it down, and it will be full of vitamins and useful nutrients (minus the garbage/sugar) (or any food from any culture on the planet what will give them the flavor but not the diarrhea)("I wonder how a cockroach tastes").

[0]: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Replicator

[mkl]

Yes: "A group of symbiotic microbes" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consortium#English

[twodave]

Ah, thanks. Exposing my non-academic reading comprehension ;)