logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home Microbiology Industrially Useful Microbial Processes Comments

  • Question
  • Most biopolymers produced by micro-organisms are


  • Options
  • A. cell wall constituents
  • B. nucleic acids
  • C. histones
  • D. exopolysaccharides

  • Correct Answer
  • exopolysaccharides 


  • Industrially Useful Microbial Processes problems


    Search Results


    • 1. Malt used to ferment beer is prepared by

    • Options
    • A. roasting barley
    • B. washing the barley with water and drying it in air
    • C. soaking barley in water followed by germination and drying
    • D. treating barley with bovine amylase followed by roasting
    • Discuss
    • 2. Penicillin was first produced commercially using

    • Options
    • A. stationary mat culture
    • B. deep tank aerated fermentations
    • C. continuous fermentation
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following organism is utilized to obtain commercial L-lysine by direct method?

    • Options
    • A. Micrococcus glutamicus
    • B. Mutated strain of Micrococcus glutamicus
    • C. Brevibacterium aminogenes
    • D. Mutated strain of Brevibacterium aminogenes
    • Discuss
    • 4. The first commercial fermention carried out to obtain L-lysine is known as

    • Options
    • A. dual fermentation
    • B. indirect fermentation
    • C. direct fermentation
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 5. The other name of invertase enzyme is

    • Options
    • A. sucrase
    • B. saccharase
    • C. isomerase
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 6. The medium utilized for fungal citric acid production should be deficient in

    • Options
    • A. phosphate
    • B. manganese
    • C. iron
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The method of distillation used to obtain alcohol greater than 95 percent is called

    • Options
    • A. fractional distillation
    • B. flash evaporation
    • C. azeotropic distillation
    • D. successive distillation
    • Discuss
    • 8. The citric acid is recovered from the fermentation broth as

    • Options
    • A. calcium citrate
    • B. magnesium citrate
    • C. zinc citrate
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. An "International Unit" of penicillin activity established in 1944 is amount of penicillin equivalent to

    • Options
    • A. 0.6 micrograms of crystalline penicillin G of about 98% purity
    • B. 0.6 micrograms of crystalline penicillin F of about 98% purity
    • C. 0.8 micrograms of crystalline penicillin G of about 98% purity
    • D. 0.8 micrograms of crystalline penicillin G of about 90% purity
    • Discuss
    • 10. Microbially produced streptokinase is used to

    • Options
    • A. remove spots from laundry products
    • B. dissolve clots for patients with coronary blockages
    • C. clarify fruit juice
    • D. breakdown starch molecules into smaller sugars
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment