Of the two databases A and B, the database A is larger in size than Database B. In a BLAST search sequence has a highly significant match with the same entry in both the databases. Which of the following is TRUE? 

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#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: 27317

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

In microbial cultivation, the expression for product synthesis rp = αµX + βX denotes

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#Question id: 27318

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

The specific productivity (qp) of an enzyme production is fitted linearly with specific growth rate (μ) of a fungal organism according to the equation qp = α.μ + β. The estimated values of constants α and β are 0.0006 and 25 respectively. The enzyme production kinetics is

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Which one of the following statements is FALSE. Microbial secondary metabolites are

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#Question id: 27320

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Two organisms A and B with the same µmax and Yx/s are cultivated independently in batch culture. They have Ks values of 1 g.l-1 and 3 g.l-1 respectively. Given that the initial substrate concentration was 5 g/l, which of the following is TRUE after complete exhaustion of the substrate?

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

An organism exhibits Monod growth with the following growth parameters, µm= 0.6 h-1 & Ks = 4 g/l. The specific growth rate, µ, of the organism at a substrate concentration of 2 g/l would be: