Which one of the following alcoholic drinks is produced without distillation?
Wine
Whisky
Rum
Brandy
Wine
Explanation:
Hence, wine is produced without distillation.
Why are the fruit juices bought from market clearer as compared to those made at home?
The antibiotic chloromycetin is obtained from ______.
The microbial source of vinegar is ______.
Give the biological name of the following:
The mould from which penicillin is obtained.
State the medicinal value and the bioactive molecules produced by Monascus purpureus.
Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of ______.
What is the microbial source of vitamin B12?
The gases produced in anaerobic sludge digesters are _______.
Which of the following is/are used for production of beverages like wine, beer, whiskey, brandy or rum?
Which of the following involves the distillation process?
Which of the following are produced without distillation?
Identify the equipment which is essentially required for growing microbes on a large scale, for industrial production of enzymes.
Which of the following microbe is used for producing Vitamin B12 on industrial scale?
Brandy is generally a product of:
Antibiotics are -
Match the following list of bacteria and their commercially important products:
| Bacterium | Product |
| A. Aspergillus niger | i. Lactic acid |
| B. Acetobacter aceti | ii. Butyric acid |
| C. Clostridium butylicum | iii. Acetic acid |
| D. Lactobacillus | iv. Citric acid |
Choose the correct match:
How has the discovery of antibiotics helped mankind in the field of medicine?
Given below are the list of the commercially important products and their source organisms. Select the option that gives the correct matches.
| List A | List B | ||
| S. No. | Bioactive Products | S. No. |
Microbes (Source Organism) |
| (A) | Cyclosporin - A | (i) | Streptococcus |
| (B) | Statins | (ii) | Trichoderma polysporum |
| (C) | Streptokinase | (iii) | Penicillium notatum |
| (D) | Penicillin | (iv) | Monascus purpureus |
Name the microbial sources of any two enzymes.
Why are some molecules called bioactive molecules?
The common antibiotic Streptomycin is obtained from ______.
Match the following organic acid from column - I with their use in column - II.
| Column - I | Column - II | ||
| i. | Acetic acid | a. | Confectionary |
| ii. | Citric acid | b. | As a wetting agent |
| iii. | Fumaric acid | c. | Medicine |
| iv. | Gluconic acid | d. | Vinegar |
Statement I - Toddy is made by fermenting fleshy pedicels of cashews nuts.
Statement II - Fenny is made by fermenting the sugar sap extracted from palm plants and coconut palm.
In light of above statements, select the correct answer from the option given below.
Which factors determine the specific secondary metabolite produced by a microbe?
What is the microbial source of butyric acid?
What is the microbial source of the enzyme cellulase?
Who discovered penicillin, and whose work established its potential?
What is the microbial source of bacitracin?
Which organism produces the antibiotic griseofulvin?
