has a maximum specific growth rate (um) of 1.23 h-1.

A chemostat has a liquid volume of 2 litres and is What would be the specific growth rate of this
being fed at a rate of 4 litres per hour. Dilution rate for organism at steady state in a 4 litre reactor being fed
this reactor will be at 2 litres per hour?
A A
2 litres 0.5 h-1
. .

B B
2 litres per hour 1.2 h-1
. .

C C
2 h-1 2.4 h-1
. .

D D
4 litres per hour 4 h-1
. .
Answer: Option C Answer: Option A
A strain of Escherichia coli has a maximum specific
growth rate of 0.8 h-1 on a glucose based medium. If
On a glucose medium, the growth of an organism is this organism is being grown in a chemostat with a
characterized by the following Monod model and dilution rate of 1.2 h-1, then at steady state the
stoichiometric parameters μm = 0.3 h-1, Ks =0.05 g.l- concentration of E. coli in the same medium will
1
 and Yxs = 0.3 g.g-1 When this organism is grown in a
2 litre continuous on a medium containing 10 g.l-1 of A
increase
glucose added at 1 l.h-1, the steady state .
concentration of biomass in the reactor will be
B
be zero
A .
0 g.l-1
.
C
change randomly
B .
0.4 g.l -1
.
D
decrease
C .
0.5 g.l-1
.
Answer: Option B
D
10 g.l-1 A fed-batch reactor containing 2 litre of medium and
.
0.1 g.l-l of biomass is fed with a medium containing 1
Answer: Option A g.l-1 of substrate at 1 litre per hour. If after 10 hours,
the concentration of biomass in the reactor was 0.2
g.l-1, then the biomass produced during the 10 hour
A fed-batch reactor initially contains 2 litre of medium. period is
If it was fed at 1 litre per hour, then after 10 hours, the
volume of the reactor will be A
1.5 g
.
A
1 litre
. B
2.2 g
.
B
2 litre
. C
3.0 g
.
C
3 litre
. D
6.0 g
.
D
13 litre Answer: Option B
.
Answer: Option B

In a glucose-yeast extract medium, Lactococcus lactis