The conversion of glucose-1-phosphate to glucose-6-phosphate by the enzyme phosphoglucomutase has a △G°ʹ of -7.6 kJ/mol. Calculate the equilibrium constant for this reaction at 298 K and a pH of 7. (R = 8.315 J/K-mol)

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#Question id: 14172

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

The growth of baker’s yeast (S. cerevisiae) on glucose may be simply described by the following equation:

In a batch reactor of volume 105 l, the final desired yeast concentration is 50 gdw/l. Using the above reaction stoichiometry. Determine the yield coefficients YX/S (biomass/glucose)?

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#Question id: 14172

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

The growth of baker’s yeast (S. cerevisiae) on glucose may be simply described by the following equation:

In a batch reactor of volume 105 l, the final desired yeast concentration is 50 gdw/l. Using the above reaction stoichiometry. Determine the yield coefficients YX/S (biomass/glucose)?

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#Question id: 14173

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

The growth of baker’s yeast (S. cerevisiae) on glucose may be simply described by the following equation:

In a batch reactor of volume 10^5 l, the final desired yeast concentration is 50 gdw/l. Using the above reaction stoichiometry. Determine the yield coefficient YX/O2 (biomass/oxygen)?

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#Question id: 14174

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

The growth of baker’s yeast (S. cerevisiae) on glucose may be simply described by the following equation:

In a batch reactor of volume 10^5 l, the final desired yeast concentration is 50 gdw/l. Using the above reaction stoichiometry, Determine the total amount of oxygen required?

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#Question id: 14175

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

The growth of S. cerevisiae on glucose under anaerobic conditions can be described by the following overall reaction

Determine the biomass yield coefficient YX/S? 

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#Question id: 14176

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

 The growth of S. cerevisiae on glucose under anaerobic conditions can be described by the following overall reaction

Determine the product yield coefficient YEtOH/S