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  • The concentration of biomass in a continuous stirred tank reactor is 20 g dry weight per litre. What would be the concentration of biomass in the effluent?


  • Options
  • A. Greater than 20 g dry weight per litre
  • B. Approximately 20 g dry weight per litre
  • C. Lesser than 20 g dry weight per litre
  • D. More than 30 g dry weight per litre

  • Correct Answer
  • Approximately 20 g dry weight per litre 


  • Fermentation Reactors problems


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    • 1. The fastest route of NADH reoxidation is

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    • A. aerobic respiration
    • B. anaerobic respiration
    • C. fermentation
    • D. decomposition
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following would be correct concerning the concentration of biomass (X). growth limiting substrate (S) and product (P) in a chemostat when the cells have been washed out?

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    • A. X,S and P will be zero
    • B. X,S and P can not be predicted for the above condition
    • C. X and P will be zero while S is equal to the substrate concentration in feed
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. When the product formation is approximately equal to the rate of cell growth, the pattern of product formation is termed as

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    • A. uncoupled
    • B. growth associated
    • C. non-growth associated
    • D. metabolically uncoupled
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is best described as secondary metabolite?

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    • A. Acetic acid produced from the oxidation of ethanol
    • B. Ethanol from the fermentation of glucose
    • C. Penicillin
    • D. Citric acid from the partial oxidation of glucose
    • Discuss
    • 5. A strain of Escherichia coli has a maximum specific growth rate of 0.8 h-1 on a glucose based medium. If this organism is being grown in a chemostat with a dilution rate of 1.2 h-1, then at steady state the concentration of E. coli in the same medium will

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    • A. increase
    • B. be zero
    • C. change randomly
    • D. decrease
    • Discuss
    • 6. In plug flow tubular reactor the axial velocity profile on cross-section will be

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    • A. constant
    • B. varying with time
    • C. non-linear
    • D. power function of time
    • Discuss
    • 7. The ideal tubular-flow fermenter without radial variations is called a

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    • A. plug flow fermenter
    • B. continuous stirred tank fermenter (CSTF)
    • C. column fermenter
    • D. any intensity of dilution rate near the wash out points
    • Discuss
    • 8. When Escherichia coli grow in a well aerated medium, which of the following will occur?

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    • A. Fructose di-phosphate accumulation inside the cells leading to cell respiration
    • B. Fructose di-phosphate accumulation inside the cells leading to fermentation
    • C. Fructose di-phosphate will accumulate regardless of the medium composition
    • D. Fructose di-phosphate will accumulate inside the cells leading to anaerobic respiration
    • Discuss
    • 9. Pseudomonas aeruginosa has a maximum specific growth rate of 0.8 h-1 in a medium with glucose as a growth limiting substrate. To prevent wash out, the dilution rate must be set to

    • Options
    • A. greater than 0.8 h-1
    • B. less than 0.8 h-1
    • C. equal to 0.8 h-1
    • D. 1.6 h-1
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following organisms will continue their metabolism at high substrate concentrations?

    • Options
    • A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • B. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    • C. Bacillus subtilis
    • D. Escherichia coli
    • Discuss


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