#Question id: 14244
#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
Ethanol is produced by anaerobic fermentation of glucose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. For the particular strain of S. cerevisiae employed, the maintenance coefficient is 0.18 kg kg- 1 h- 1, Yxs is 0.11 kg kg-1, YPX is 3.9 kg kg-1 and µmax is 0.4 h-1. It is decided to investigate the possibility of using Zymomonas mobilis bacteria instead of yeast for making ethanol. Z. mobilis is known to produce ethanol under anaerobic conditions using a different metabolic pathway to that employed by yeast. Typical values of Yxs are lower than for yeast at about 0.06 kg kg-1; on the other hand, the maintenance coefficient is higher at 2.2 kg kg -1 h -1. Ypx for Z. mobilis is 7.7 kg kg-l; µmax is 0.3 h- 1. From stoichiometry, what is the maximum theoretical yield of ethanol from glucose
#Question id: 2286
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Bacterial flagella propel the cell by using
#Question id: 18641
#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology
#Question id: 4164
#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Which help cells avoid mis-insertion of amino acids in protein synthesis?
#Question id: 18639
#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology