Microbes in Industrial Products

Question 1

Industrial scale production require growing microbes in large vessels called

Answer 1

Fermentors

Question 2

What is saccharomyces cerevisiae used for ?

Answer 2

for fermenting malted cereals juices to produce ethanol

Question 3

What is the Brewer’s Yeast?

Answer 3

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Question 4

Drinks produced without distillation

Answer 4

wine and beer

Question 5

Drinks produced by distillation

Answer 5

whiskey, brandy, rum

Question 6

Most significant discoveries of the 20th century towards welfare of humans

Answer 6

anti-biotics

Question 7

What does the term anti-biotic mean.

Answer 7

against life (for pathogen )

Question 8

Name the first antibiotic to be discovered

Answer 8

Penicillin

Question 9

Who discovered Penicillin?

Answer 9

Alexander Fleming ;while working on “ staphylococci “ bacteria

Question 10

Who established the full potential of Penicillin ?

Answer 10

Ernest Chain andHoward Florey

Question 11

______,_______ and _______ were awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery?

Answer 11

Fleming ,Chain, Florey ;1945

Question 12

What inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus

Answer 12

a mould surrounding it

Question 13

What was Penicillin named after?

Answer 13

the mould; penicillium notatum

Question 14

Why was Penicillin used in world war 2

Answer 14

to treat american soldiers

Question 15

Which diseases are treated by anti biotics

Answer 15

plague, whopping cough ,leprosy

Question 16

Citric acid is obtained from

Answer 16

aspergillus niger ; a fungus

Question 17

Acetic acid is obtained from

Answer 17

Acetobacter aceti; bacterium

Question 18

Butyric acid is obtained from

Answer 18

Clostridium butylicum; bacterium

Question 19

Lactic acid is obtained from

Answer 19

lactobacillus ; bacterium

Question 20

Helpful in cleaning oily stains from laundry

Answer 20

Lipases

Question 21

Application of proteases and pectinases

Answer 21

used to clear bottled fruit juices

Question 22

Use of streptokinase

Answer 22

used as a clot buster for cardiac patients

Question 23

Use of Trichoderma polysporum (fungus )

Answer 23

used as immuno -suppressive agent for transplant patients

Question 24

Use of monascus purpureus

Answer 24

used as blood cholestrol lowering agent