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Industrially Useful Microbial Processes problems


  • 1. The early assay employed for measuring penicillin activity were based upon the quantity required to prevent growth of S. aureus over

  • Options
  • A. 20 mm diameter zone using the cylinder plate method of assay
  • B. 24 mm diameter zone using the cylinder plate method of assay
  • C. 200 mm diameter zone using the cylinder plate method of assay
  • D. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following is known for greater stability of the riboflavin producing capacity?

  • Options
  • A. Eremothecium ashbyii
  • B. Ashbya gossypii
  • C. Candida flareri
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. The enzyme which converts optically active isomers of lactic acid to the optically inactive racemic mixture is

  • Options
  • A. isomerase
  • B. racemase
  • C. dehydrogenase
  • D. invertase
  • Discuss
  • 4. Which of the following substance is employed to neutralize the lactic acid as it is produced (because lactic acid bacteria do not tolerate high concentrations of acid?

  • Options
  • A. CaCO3
  • B. (NH4)2 HPO4
  • C. MgSO4
  • D. Na2SO4
  • Discuss
  • 5. Most productive species among the different vitamin B12 producing Pseudomonads is

  • Options
  • A. P. denitrificans
  • B. P. ovalis
  • C. P. aureofaciens
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 6. Which species from the followings is resistant to methyl tryptophan?

  • Options
  • A. Candida utilis
  • B. E. coli
  • C. B. subtilis
  • D. Hansenula anomala
  • Discuss
  • 7. Which of the following was the first amino acid to be produced commercially?

  • Options
  • A. L-glutamic acid
  • B. L-lysine
  • C. L-cystine
  • D. L-methionine
  • Discuss
  • 8. The commonly used media for submerged bacterial fermentation at commercial scale is

  • Options
  • A. beet molasses
  • B. liver extract
  • C. germinated seed
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 9. Rickes et al. recovered active crystalline vitamin B12 from the culture of

  • Options
  • A. Streptomyces griseus
  • B. Bacillus megaterium
  • C. Streptomyces olivaceus
  • D. Streptomyces lactis
  • Discuss
  • 10. Protease, which is used for flavouring of sake and haze removal in sake is produced by

  • Options
  • A. A. oryzae
  • B. A. flavus
  • C. B. cereus
  • D. A. niger
  • Discuss

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