Batch Fermentation and Continuous Fermentation are the two commonly adopted Industrial Fermentation methods for the scale production of microbial biomass or metabolites. Batch Fermentation: Here the fermenter is first filled with the raw material (carbon source). Then the microbes are added and allowed to ferment the raw material under optimum pH […]
Fermentation Technology Fermentation: An art from the past, a skill for the future… Brain McNeil What is fermentation? Ø Fermentation is a metabolic process which converts carbohydrates to alcohols, organic acids or gases by the activity of enzymes of microbial origin. Ø Microbes involved in fermentation process: Bacteria and Fungi. […]
Difference between Arteries and Veins: The circulatory system in an organism ensures the transport of oxygen, nutrients, carbon dioxide and hormone throughout the body. The blood circulatory system in an animal is facilitated by the heart (the blood pumping organ) and blood vessels (closed pipelines which carry out the circulation […]
(1). Who discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis? a. Koch b. Jenner c. Pasteur d. Virchow (2). Mycobacterium lepree was discovered by: a. Pasteur b. Jenner c. Koch d. Hansen (3). Antibodies were discovered by: a. Edelman b. Porter c. Edelman and Porter d. Edelman and Hess (4). Streptococcus pneumonia was discovered by: […]
MCQ on Scientists and Discoveries in Microbiology Part 1 (1). Scientist who demonstrated that open tubes of broth remained free of microbes when air was free of dust: a. Tyndal b. Pasteur c. Petri d. Francesco Redi (2). Who discovered bacterial transformation? a. Jenner b. Griffith c. […]