Pseudomonas sp. has a mass doubling time of 2.4 h when grown on acetate. The saturation constant using this substrate is 1.3 g/l (which is unusually high), and cell yield on acetate is 0.46 g cell/g acetate. If we operate a chemostat on a feed stream containing 38 g/l acetate, find the Maximum dilution rate?

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#Question id: 14396

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A purified hydrolytic enzyme (Mr 150 000) is available with the description: Gives a Vmax of 3 200 units/mg protein under optimal conditions. How many micromoles of substrate can be hydrolysed by 1 mg of protein in 1 minute  

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#Question id: 27316

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

If the rate of product formation is approximately proportional to the rate of cell growth, then this pattern of product formation is referred to as:

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#Question id: 14626

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A bacterial fermentation was carried out in a reactor containing broth with average density 1200 kg/m³ and viscosity 0.02 N.s/m² . The broth was agitated at 90 rpm and air was introduced through the sparger at a flow rate of 0.4 vvm. The fermenter was equipped with two sets of flat blade turbine impellers and four baffles. The dimensions of vessel, impellers and baffle width were: tank diameter, Dt =4 m; impeller diameter, Di = 2 m; baffle width, Wb = 0.4 m; also, the liquid depth was H = 6.5 m 

Determine ungassed power, P; 

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#Question id: 1845

#Section 2: General Biology

BCG is used to protect against:

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#Question id: 10263

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

During cell division, sometimes there will be failure of separation of sister chromatids. This event is called