A multistage system is shown below. Label the stages 1 and 2.
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30%
1-Medium inlet and 2-culture effluent
37%
1-Mixing chamber and 2-culture effluent
27%
1-Medium inlet and 2-Liquid reservoir
7%
1-Culture effluent and 1-Medium Inlet
All the constituents of medium are excess in _______
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20%
Chemostat
30%
Turbidostat
36%
Batch culture
14%
Fed-Batch culture
Which of the following is NOT correct for Continuous fermentation?
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57%
Setup is not changed from outside once the fermentation has started
17%
Nutrients are added many times
14%
Closer to the natural environment
11%
The small size of fermenters are required
Who introduced the term “Fed-Batch”?
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30%
Burrow et al.
46%
Bu’Lock et al.
19%
Yoshida et al.
5%
Maniatis et al.
Which scientist(s) described the kinetics of variable-volume fed-batch culture?
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27%
Dunn and Mor
39%
Maniatis et al.
24%
Van’t Hoff
9%
Maxwell
❤1
Which of the following does not include in the range of fermentation processes?
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20%
Microbial Enzymes
40%
Microbial metabolites
27%
Biotransformation
13%
Recombinant DNA
In fixed-volume fed-batch culture, volume changes with fermentation time due to the substrate feed.
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82%
True
18%
False
Cyclic Fed-Batch culture has been used for the production of _______
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19%
Bovine serum albumin
39%
Penicillin
32%
Human serum albumin
10%
Cheese Production
The feed solution in fed-batch culture is highly concentrated to _______
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8%
avoid dilution of the bioreactor
60%
maintain low cell density in bioreactor
16%
avoid lag phase
16%
increase productivity
Which of the following method is not used in isolation and screening of desired microorganisms?
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25%
Crowded plate technique
28%
Auxanographic technique
22%
Enrichment Culture technique
25%
Hanging Drop technique
❤1
The screening is isolation and detection of microorganisms of interest.
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87%
True
13%
False
Which of the following shows the zone of inhibition when a particular organism is grown on a Petri plate?
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21%
Growth Factor producers
54%
Antibiotic producers
18%
Organic acid producers
7%
Amino acid producers
The prototrophs are the organisms which are not capable of synthesizing all growth requirements for themselves.
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71%
True
29%
False
Which of the following plate is used to detect and isolate organic acid producers?
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18%
Phenol red plate
40%
Potato Dextrose Agar plate
33%
MacConkey’s Agar plate
10%
Rose Bengal Agar plate
Which scientists gave the details of the techniques of preservation?
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22%
Jacob and Monod
27%
Kirsop and Doyle
33%
William and Wilkins
18%
Boliver and Rodriguez
Which of the following is NOT a cryoprotective agent?
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20%
DMSO
18%
Glycerol
30%
Ethylene Glycol
33%
Paraffin wax
The preservation by liquid Nitrogen is called as ___________
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62%
Cryopreservation
23%
Lyophilization
13%
Freeze-drying
3%
Desiccation
“Each batch of newly preserved cultures should be routinely checked to ensure their quality”. Who outlined the statement?
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37%
Lincoln
43%
Snell
13%
Malik
7%
Pridham
Which of the following is/are used in dried culture preservation?
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13%
Sand
19%
Soil
50%
Sand and Soil
19%
Slits
The cultures grown on agar slopes may be stored in the refrigerator or freezer at 5°C to -20°C.
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73%
True
27%
False