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1.

The batch culture or fermentation can be used to produce ________

A. Organic acids
B. Amino acids
C. Single Cell Protein
D. Antibiotics
Answer» E.
2.

Borrow et al. investigated the biosynthesis of Gibberellic acid by Gibberella fujikuroi and divided growth of organisms into balanced, storage and maintenance phase. What do you mean by storage phase?

A. The phase equivalent to the early to middle exponential phase
B. The phase equivalent to the late exponential phase
C. The phase equivalent to the stationary phase
D. The phase equivalent to the lag phase
Answer» C. The phase equivalent to the stationary phase
3.

What is Idiophase?

A. Production of secondary metabolites
B. Production of primary metabolites
C. Production of tertiary metabolites
D. Production of quaternary metabolites
Answer» B. Production of primary metabolites
4.

Which scientist(s) pointed out that the stationary phase is a misnomer in terms of the physiology of organism?

A. Burrow et al.
B. Bu’Lock et al.
C. Bull
D. Monod
Answer» D. Monod
5.

The Yield Factor (Y) does not vary upon which of the following?

A. pH
B. Growth rate
C. Temperature
D. Amount of enzyme
Answer» E.
6.

The Yield factor (Y) is the measure of the efficiency of _______

A. Conversion of anyone substrate into biomass
B. Conversion of all the substrates into biomass
C. The Affinity of an enzyme to the substrate
D. Number of microbes which produced the biomass
Answer» B. Conversion of all the substrates into biomass
7.

The size of fermenters is usually large in batch fermentation.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
8.

Which of the following organisms represent the highest specific growth rate, µmax?

A. Vibrio natriegens
B. Methylomonas methanolytica
C. Aspergillus nidulans
D. Penicillium chrysogenum
Answer» B. Methylomonas methanolytica
9.

Who first suggested that filamentous fungi have a ‘growth unit’ which is replicated at a constant rate?

A. Trinci
B. Petersen
C. Plomley
D. Griffiths
Answer» D. Griffiths
10.

The following figure shows the growth of typical microbial culture in batch conditions. What is A, B, C and D?

A. A-lag phase, B-log phase, C-stationary phase, D-deceleration
B. A-log phase, B-lag phase, C-stationary phase, D-deceleration
C. A-deceleration, B-log phase, C-lag phase, D-stationary
D. A-lag phase, B-log phase, C-deceleration, D-stationary
Answer» E.
11.

During batch fermentation, in which phase the microbes in the fermenter are adapting to the new environment?

A. Lag phase
B. Log or exponential phase
C. Stationary phase
D. Death phase
Answer» B. Log or exponential phase
12.

The exponential phase may be described by the equation _______

A. dx/dt = µx
B. dt/dx = µ
C. dx/dt = µt
D. dx2/dt2 = µ
Answer» B. dt/dx = µ
13.

During batch culture/fermentation, nutrients in the fermenter are utilized at a fast rate.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
14.

A period during which the growth rate of cells gradually increases is known as _____

A. Lag phase
B. Log phase
C. Stationary phase
D. Deceleration phase
Answer» C. Stationary phase
15.

The Batch culture is a/an ______ culture system.

A. Open
B. Closed
C. Isolated
D. Semi-closed
Answer» C. Isolated