A stream of growth medium containing 60% glucose and 40% growth factor A flowing at 500 kg per hour was divided into two feed streams for different cell cultures. One fourth of the growth medium was sent to fermenter 1 and the rest was sent to fermenter 2. What is the flow rates of glucose and growth factor A in the feed streams for the two fermenters

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Which one of the following characteristics of about lignin is incorrect?

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

basic carbon skeleton of a flavonoid contains 15 carbons arranged in two aromatic rings connected by a three-carbon bridge. This structure results from two separate biosynthetic pathways:

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Flavonoids are one of the largest classes of plant phenolics, structure of flavonoids;

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

The colored pigments of plants are of two principal types: carotenoids and flavonoids. Given below some statements of about these pigments;

 a) Anthocyanins are colored flavonoids that attract animals

b) Flavonoids are phenolic compounds that include a wide range of colored substances

c) Carotenoids are coloured terpenoid compounds that also serve as accessory pigments in photosynthesis

d) most widespread group of pigmented carotenoids is the anthocyanins, these are glycosides that have sugars. Without their sugars, anthocyanins are known as anthocyanidins

Which of the following is incorrect statements of these pigments;

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Two other major groups of flavonoids found in flowers and leaves of all green plants. The function of these two flavonoids in plants are____

a) protect plants against being eaten by herbivores and against being infected by microbial pathogens

b) Protect cells from excessive UV-B radiation (280–320 nm) because they accumulate in the epidermal layers of leaves and stems and absorb light strongly in the UV-B region       

c) flavones and flavonols secreted into the soil by legume roots mediate the interaction of legumes and nitrogen-fixing symbionts

d) They are are coloured terpenoid compounds that also serve as accessory pigments in photosynthesis    

Which of the following combination from the above statements is correct?

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Arabidopsis thaliana mutants that lack the enzyme chalcone synthase____