What is the median?

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#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

How many kilograms of ethanol is produced from 1 kg of glucose in ethanol fermentation? 

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#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

The overall reaction for microbial conversion of glucose to L-glutamic acid is:

C₆H₁₂O₆ + NH₃ + 3/2O₂ C₅H₉NO₄ + CO₂ + 3H₂O

(glucose)                            (glutamic acid)

What mass of oxygen is required to produce 15 g glutamic acid?

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#Question id: 15475

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Production of single-cell protein from hexadecane is described by the following reaction equation:

C₁₆H₃₄ + aO₂ + bNH₃ cCH_l.66O_0.27N0_.20 + dCO ₂ + eH₂O

where CH _1.660_0.27N_0.20 represents the biomass. If RQ= 0.43, determine the stoichiometric coefficients.

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Industrial production of amino acids are done because they are used extensively in the 

1. flavor enhancers

2. Fabric

3. nutritional supplements

4. feed additives

5. medicine 

Choose the most appropriate option

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#Question id: 15477

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Why these metabolites are manufactured by microbial fermentation rather than chemical synthesis 

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#Question id: 15478

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Escherichia coli preferentially utilizes glucose by preventing the uptake of lactose and switching off transcription of the lac operon. This mechanism is known as