Free living nitrogen fixing takes place as shown in the following;

             TYPE                                                                                       N-FIXING GENERA

A) Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)                                        i) Bacillus

B) Aerobic                                                                                     ii) Clostridium

C) Facultative                                                                              iii) Anabaena

D) Anaerobic nonphotosynthetic                                            iv) Rhodospirillum

E) Anaerobic photosynthetic                                                     v) Azospirillum

 Which of the following combination of free living nitrogen fixing bacteria is correct?

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In a batch sterilization process if  overall,  heating &  cooling are 32.2, 9.8 & 10.1 respectively, THEN the holding time at 121^^o-C of the process is (given that the specific death rate (k) of microorganisms at 121^^o-C is 2.54 min-1 ):

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Consider the scale up of a fermentation from a 10L to 10000L while maintaining geometric similarity. Agitation speed was maintained at 500 rpm in the 10L fermenter. If scale up is done based on constant tip speed, then the agitation speed in the larger reactor should be 

rpm. 

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Consider the scale up of a fermentation from a 10L to 10000L while maintaining geometric similarity. Agitation speed was maintained at 500 rpm in the 10L fermenter. If scale up is done based on constant tip speed, then the agitation speed in the larger reactor should be 

rpm. 

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Scale up of a fermenter is done based on constant impeller tip speed. If the diameter of the impeller is increased by 10-fold, the agitator speed will: 

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Scale up of a fermenter is done based on constant impeller tip speed. If the diameter of the impeller is increased by 10-fold, the agitator speed will: 

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What will be the generation time of a culture with a specific growth rate constant of 0.01 min^-1?