Which one of the following alcoholic drinks is produced without distillation?
Wine
Whisky
Rum
Brandy
Wine
Explanation:
Hence, wine is produced without distillation.
Find out the name of the microbes from which cyclosporin A (an immunosuppressive drug) and statins (blood cholesterol lowering agents) are obtained.
Give the biological name of the following:
The mould from which penicillin is obtained.
Antibiotic Chloromycetin is obtained from ______.
Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of ______.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used to produce enzyme ______.
Cyclosporin - A is an immunosuppressive drug produced from ____________.
Define the following term
Antibiotics
What is referred to as industrial alcohol? Briefly describe its preparation.
Write short notes on the following:
Microbial fuel cells
Which of the following is known as brewer's yeast?
From the following identify the WRONG statements.
i. All enzymes are composed of proteins.
ii. All proteins are enzymes.
iii. Some hormones are proteins.
iv. Some nucleic acid also acts as enzymes.
v. All enzymes are inorganic in nature.
vi. Enzymes are biocatalysts.
Match Column I (Product) and Column II (Source organisms/Organisms used in production) and choose the correct option.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| i. | Vitamin C | a. | S. cerevisiae |
| ii. | Beer | b. | A. niger |
| iii. | Chloromycetin | c. | Sclerotiana libertine |
| iv. | Pectinase | d. | S. venezuelae |
Identify the equipment which is essentially required for growing microbes on a large scale, for industrial production of enzymes.
In alcoholic fermentation:
Which of the following is used in detergents?
How has the discovery of antibiotics helped mankind in the field of medicine?
Give any two microbes that are useful in biotechnology.
Name any two industrially important enzymes.
Name the scientists who were credited for showing the role of Penicillin as an antibiotic?
What is a broad spectrum antibiotic? Name one such antibiotic.
State the most important contribution of the following microbes for human welfare:
Trichoderma Polysporum
Which among the three is produced by the distillation of a fermented broth?
Which of the following is a commercial blood cholestrol lowering agent?
Write the microbial source of following organic acid.
Citric acid
Write the microbial source of following organic acid:
Fumaric acid
Mention the respective source and state the specific use of any two bioactive molecules.
Which of the following microbe is used in the manufacturing of Vitamin C?
