Microbiology MCQ on Industrial Microbiology
1. The best medium for the production of Penicillin is
a. Nutrient agar
b. Corn steep liquor
c. Sulfite waste liquor
d. Whey
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2. Industrially important Antibiotic producing organisms shall be isolated by
a. Disk plate methodb. Direct plate method
c. Serial dilution method
d. Crowded plate method
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3. Industrial alchohol will be produced by using starter culture
a. Top yeastb. Middle yeast
c. Bottom yeast
d. Feeder yeast
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4. Pyruvate decarboxylase acetaldehyde + CO2 = This reaction is specially observed in
a. Lactic acid fermentorsb. Ethanol fermentors
c. Algae
d. Plants
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5. The pyruvate, dehydrogenase → multienzyme complex does not occur in
a. Aerobic bacteriab. Microphilic bacteria
c. Facultative anaerobic bacteria
d. Strictly anaerobic bacteria
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6. A major ingradient of penicillin production media is
a. Corn mealb. Corn steep liquor
c. Cane steep liquor
d. None of these
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7. the outstanding example of traditional microbial fermentation product is
a. Vinegarb. Penicillin
c. Citric acid
d. Tetracyclin
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8. Which of the following involves the formation of nitrate from ammonia
a. Ammonificationb. Denitrification
c. Nitrification
d. Nitrogen fixation
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9. First genetically engineered and biotechnologically produced vaccine was against
a. AIDSb. Small pox
c. Herpes simplex
d. Hepatitis B.
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10. one of the standard cloning vector widely used in gene cloning is
a. Ti pasmidb. EMBL 3
c. pBR 322
d. EMBL 4
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11. In alchoholic fermentation, CO2 is evolved during
a. Decarboxylatin of pyruvic acidb. Formation of acetaldehyde
c. Oxidation of acetaldehyde
d. Both a and b
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