Common Fermentation

Question 1

Major Steps in Production of Glycerol

1 reaction

Answer 1

Add NaHSO3 to inhibit the following reaction

Question 2

Major Steps in Production of Citric Acid

Answer 2

Question 3

Major Steps in Production of Acetic Acid

2 species

Answer 3

Use Gluconobacter and Acetobacter species

Question 4

Major Steps in Amino Acid Production

3 methods

Answer 4

1. Extraction from protein: hydrolysates, L-aspragine, L-tyrosine
2. Chemical Synthesis
3. Fermentation

Question 5

Major Steps in Antibiotics Production

1 step

Answer 5

Products of 2° metabolism produced by one organisms that inhibits the growth of another organism

Question 6

Vitamin Production

Answer 6

Synthesized in nature by microorganisms.
A 2-stage process is used with cobalt added (anaerobic and aerobic)

Question 7

Single Cell Protein Synthesis

Answer 7

Synthesis of producing protein-rich food from microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast, and algae

Question 8

3 major types of anitbiotics

Answer 8

Penicillins
Quinones
Carbohydrate containing

Question 9

Penicilin Mechanism

Answer 9

Inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis.
Only kills growing cells, not resting cells.

Question 10

Anaplerotic sequence.

Answer 10

Reactions that form intermediates of a metabolic pathway

Question 11

Quinones and Carbohydrate Mechanism

what do they inhibit

Answer 11

Inhibit proteins