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  • Question
  • Fermentor should be filled with medium upto


  • Options
  • A. 65-70%
  • B. 70-75%
  • C. 75-80%
  • D. 80-85%

  • Correct Answer
  • 75-80% 


  • More questions

    • 1. Which of the following statements would be appropriate while comparing bubble column and air lift fermenter of the same size?

    • Options
    • A. The average bubble size is smaller in an airlift bioreactor
    • B. Oxygen transfer rate is higher in an airlift bioreactor
    • C. The surface area for gas exchange is higher in an airlift bioreactor
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. The air riser is located on the outside of the draft tube for the large-scale airlift bioreactors because of

    • Options
    • A. higher oxygen transfer rates
    • B. a small sparge ring
    • C. better heat transfer efficiencies
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. A culture in a closed vessel to which no additional medium is added and from which no waste products are removed is called a __________ culture.

    • Options
    • A. continuous
    • B. batch
    • C. fed-batch
    • D. semi continuous
    • Discuss
    • 4. During the log phase cell numbers increase exponentially

    • Options
    • A. because cells produce enzymes
    • B. because cells do not have cell membranes
    • C. because cells are autocatalysts
    • D. because the rate of cell division increases exponentially
    • Discuss
    • 5. The diameter of the baffles in a standard stirred tank bioreactor ranges from

    • Options
    • A. 1/10th - 1/12th of the tank diameter
    • B. 1/3rd - 1/4th of the tank diameter
    • C. 1/15th - 1/20th of the tank diameter
    • D. 1/20th - 1/25th of the tank diameter
    • Discuss
    • 6. The contents in bubble column and air lift reactor are mixed through

    • Options
    • A. compressed air
    • B. a mechanical internal moving part
    • C. external pumping
    • D. any of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Chromatography is based on the

    • Options
    • A. different rate of movement of the solute in the column
    • B. separation of one solute from other constituents by being captured on the adsorbent
    • C. different rate of movement of the solvent in the column
    • D. any of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. A common filter medium is the cloth filter generally made of

    • Options
    • A. canvas
    • B. synthetic fabrics
    • C. metal or glass fiber
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The activated sludge process consists of returning a portion of the clarifier

    • Options
    • A. effluent water entering the reactor
    • B. influent water coming out of the reactor
    • C. influent water entering the reactor
    • D. effluent water coming out of the reactor
    • Discuss
    • 10. Functional groups of the nonessential amino acid residues that are suitable for the immobilization process are

    • Options
    • A. free ?-, ?- or ? carb oxyl groups
    • B. ? or ? amino groups
    • C. phenyl, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl or imidazole groups
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss


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