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  • Question
  • High yield of chlorotetracyclin requires


  • Options
  • A. no aeration
  • B. continuous aeration
  • C. aeration which does not affect the yield
  • D. controlled aeration

  • Correct Answer
  • continuous aeration 


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    • 1. Inoculum preparation for the fermentation medium for penicillin takes place on

    • Options
    • A. wheat seeds
    • B. barley seeds
    • C. rice seeds
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. At acidic pH, penicillin remains in

    • Options
    • A. aqueous phase
    • B. solvent phase
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. precipitates
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following changes occur during first phase of growth of Penicillium chrysogenum?

    • Options
    • A. Growth of mycelia occurs
    • B. Ammonia is liberated in the medium
    • C. Lactic acid present in the corn steep liquor is utilized at the maximum rate
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following organism(s) produce(s) tetracycline?

    • Options
    • A. Steptomyces aureofaciens
    • B. Steptomyces ramosus
    • C. Nocardia sulphurea
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Streptomycin is produced by

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    • A. S. griseus
    • B. S. griseoflavus
    • C. S. aerofaciens
    • D. S. ramosus
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following event occurs during third phase of growth of P chrysogenum?

    • Options
    • A. Concentration of antibiotic increases in the medium
    • B. Autolysis of the medium starts
    • C. Slight rise in pH due to liberation of ammonia
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following event occurs during second phase of growth of P. chrysogenum?

    • Options
    • A. Synthesis of penicillin is high
    • B. Mycelial mass increases
    • C. pH increase
    • D. Both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 8. Vegetable oil, (corn oil or soybean oil) added in the fermentation medium for penicillin, act as

    • Options
    • A. source of nutrients
    • B. carbon source
    • C. antifoam agent
    • D. both (a) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 9. P1 cloning vector is the example of

    • Options
    • A. plasmid
    • B. cosmid
    • C. bacteriophage
    • D. phagemid
    • Discuss
    • 10. M 13 is an example of

    • Options
    • A. filamentous phage
    • B. single stranded DNA vector
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. plasmid
    • Discuss


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