Week 5: Practice Quiz

Week 5: Chapter 6

Use this practice quiz to help you study for this week's quiz.

1. What is distiller solubles?
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2. Why is synchronous culture an important research tool?
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3. State the main drawback that is the same for "back seeding" and continuous fermentation.
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4. Why is ks in the Monod equation called the "half-saturation" constant?
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5. Explain why fed batch would be a good way to operate a fermentation when the main nutrient is inhibitory to growth at high concentrations.
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GRAD STUDENTS ONLY, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

6. Why is the Leudeking-Piret equation relevant to the FERMENT game?

7. What is a "gateway" sensor?

8. Define Yatp.

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