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The monod model predicts that the specific growth rate
Options
A. will increase with the concentration of the growth limiting substrate until it reaches a maximum value
B. will decrease with the concentration of the growth limiting substrate
C. will increase with the concentration of the growth limiting substrate
D. does not depend on growth limiting substrate
Correct Answer
will increase with the concentration of the growth limiting substrate until it reaches a maximum value
More questions
1. The moist heat is more effective than the dry heat because the intrinsic heat resistance of vegetative cells is greatly
Options
A. increased in a dry state
B. decreased in a dry state
C. increased in a wet state
D. decreased in a wet state
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Correct Answer: increased in a dry state
2. Zeolite softening process removes
Options
A. only temporary hardness of water
B. only permanent hardness of water
C. both temporary and permanent hardness of water
D. the dissolved gases in permanent hard water
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Correct Answer: both temporary and permanent hardness of water
3. ?-amylase is an endo enzyme which requires
Options
A. Ca
B. Cu
C. Mn
D. None of these
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Correct Answer: Ca
4. Heat transfer rates (per unit volume) will be lowest in
Options
A. Stirred tank bioreactor with biomass recycle
B. Continuous air lift bioreactor
C. Continuous packed bed reactor
D. Continuous fluidized bed bioreactor
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Correct Answer: Continuous packed bed reactor
5. Vortexing in stirred tank reactors can be prevented by
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A. installing baffles in the reactor
B. shifting the impeller to an off-centre position
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. using axial flow impellers
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Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b)
6. Which pattern of mixing is preferred in stirred tank reactors during the culture of aerobic microorganisms?
Options
A. Laminar flow
B. Transient flow
C. turbulent flow
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: turbulent flow
7. Which graphical method is used to determine an enzyme degree of cooperativity?
Options
A. Hill plot
B. Koshland curve
C. Michaelis-Menten hyperbola
D. Can not be determined
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Correct Answer: Hill plot
8. The rate limiting step in the movement of oxygen from the gas phase in a bubble to the cell is the movement of oxygen molecules through
Options
A. gas-liquid interface
B. bubble boundary layer
C. bulk liquid
D. gas phase
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Correct Answer: bubble boundary layer
9. The heated medium passes through a holding section, which is usually maintained in
Options
A. adiabatic conditions
B. isothermal conditions
C. isotropic conditions
D. isobaric conditions
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Correct Answer: adiabatic conditions
10. The equation for the rate of product formation for simple enzyme reaction is given by (Where r
max
, maximum reaction rate, C
s
substrate concentration, C
p
product concentration ES, C
ES
enzyme-substrate concentration)
Options
A. r
p
= r
max
C
s
/(K
m
+C
s
)
B. r
p
= r
max
C
ES
/(K
m
+ C
ES
)
C. r
p
= r
max
C
s
/(K
m
+C
ES
)
D. r
p
= r
max
C
s
/(K
m
+C
p
)
Show Answer
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Correct Answer: r
p
= r
max
C
s
/(K
m
+C
s
)
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