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  • Candida utilis is used for the fermentation of waste sulphate liquor since it ferments


  • Options
  • A. hexoses only
  • B. pentoses only
  • C. both hexoses and pentoses
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • both hexoses and pentoses 


  • Ethanol Production problems


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    • 1. Ethanol is produced by

    • Options
    • A. continuous fermentation
    • B. batch fermentation
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following organism is not used in any of the traditional industrial fermentation?

    • Options
    • A. E. coli
    • B. Yeast
    • C. Bacillus
    • D. Pseudomonas
    • Discuss
    • 3. How is air supply to the fermentor sterilized?

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    • A. By heat filtration
    • B. Filtration through fibrous material
    • C. Filtration through granular material
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The fermentor can be sterilized by

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    • A. keeping it in the oven
    • B. steam under pressure
    • C. boiling
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Yeast is used in the production of

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    • A. ethyl alcohol
    • B. acetic acid
    • C. cheese
    • D. curd
    • Discuss
    • 6. Spirit vinegar is produced from

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    • A. fruit juices
    • B. malted grain
    • C. ethanol
    • D. ale
    • Discuss
    • 7. For the recovery of citric acid after fermentation, Ca(OH)2 is added to the slurry to

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    • A. precipitate calcium carbonate
    • B. precipitate calcium citrate
    • C. precipitate calcium phosphate
    • D. precipitate calcium sulphate
    • Discuss
    • 8. Ethanol is oxidized to acetic acid aerobically using

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    • A. Acetobacter
    • B. Gluconobacter
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. Lactobacillus
    • Discuss
    • 9. Vinegar production consists of

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    • A. aerobic fermentation
    • B. anaerobic fermentation
    • C. aerobic fermentation followed by anaerobic fermentation
    • D. anaerobic fermentation followed by aerobic fermentation
    • Discuss
    • 10. In koji process for the fermentation to produce citric acid,

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    • A. A. niger is used with solid substrate as sweet potato
    • B. A. niger floats on the surface of solution
    • C. Fungal mycelium grows through out the solution in a deep tank
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss


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