Pseudomonas methylotrophus is used to produce single-cell protein from methanol in a 1000 m³ pressure-cycle airlift fermenter. The biomass yield from substrate is 0.41 g g^{- 1}, K_S is 0.7 mg l^{- 1}, and the maximum specific growth rate is 0.44 h^{- 1}. The medium contains 4% (w/v) methanol. A substrate conversion of 98% is desirable. The reactor may be operated either in batch or continuous mode. If operated in batch, an inoculum of 0.01% (w/v) is used and the downtime between batches is 20 h. If operated continuously, a downtime of 25 d is expected per year. Neglecting maintenance requirements, compare the annual biomass production from batch and continuous reactors?

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Which of the following is not related to embryo culture?

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#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

Three dimensional reconstructions of Arabidopsis sieve plates using a staining technique that can be used to image entire plant organs and Open sieve pores are visible as well as callose plug are also visible which technique used to analyze

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#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

The growth of S.cerevisiae on glucose under anaerobic conditions can be described by the following reaction:

C₆H₁₂O₆ + aNH₃ → 0.59 CH1.64N0.16O0.52 (biomass) + 0.43 C3H8O3 + 1.54CO2 + 1.3C2H5OH +0.036H2O

Determine the biomass (MW= 23.74) yield coefficient Yx/s

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#Section 2: General Biology

The reaction ATP -> ADP + Pi is an example of a reaction.

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#Section 2: General Biology

Which of the following contains a copy of the chromosome, along with a small amount of dehydrated cytoplasm, within a tough wall?