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  • Question
  • Ethanol is oxidized to acetic acid aerobically using


  • Options
  • A. Acetobacter
  • B. Gluconobacter
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. Lactobacillus

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) and (b) 


  • Vinegar and Citric Acid problems


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    • 1. For the recovery of citric acid after fermentation, Ca(OH)2 is added to the slurry to

    • Options
    • A. precipitate calcium carbonate
    • B. precipitate calcium citrate
    • C. precipitate calcium phosphate
    • D. precipitate calcium sulphate
    • Discuss
    • 2. Spirit vinegar is produced from

    • Options
    • A. fruit juices
    • B. malted grain
    • C. ethanol
    • D. ale
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. Ethanol is produced by

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

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    • A. E. coli
    • B. Yeast
    • C. Bacillus
    • D. Pseudomonas
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. During recovery step of citric acid, calcium citrate formed is treated with which of the following acid to precipitate calcium?

    • Options
    • A. HCl
    • B. HNO3
    • C. H2SO4
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which substrate is used in the fermentation of citric acid?

    • Options
    • A. Beet molasses
    • B. Sucrose
    • C. Starch hydrolysate
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. What is the pH of the medium when molasses is used as substrate for the production of citric acid?

    • Options
    • A. 3
    • B. 4
    • C. 5
    • D. 6
    • Discuss


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