Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134605180
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case, Derek Weber, Warner Bair
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 28, Problem 1CAE

Suppose you are culturing a microorganism that produces enough lactic acid to kill itself in a few days.

  1. a. How can the use of a bioreactor help you maintain the culture for weeks or months? The graph below shows conditions in the bioreactor:

Chapter 28, Problem 1CAE, Suppose you are culturing a microorganism that produces enough lactic acid to kill itself in a few

  1. b. If your desired product is a secondary metabolite, when can you begin collecting it?
  2. c. If your desired product is the cells themselves and you want to maintain a continuous culture, when can you begin harvesting?
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Suppose that you were tasked with 4 cultures of a specific Bacteria Species in Luria Broth medium: (1) culture A – cells are in lag phase; (2) culture B – cell in log phase; (3) culture C – cells in stationary phase; and culture D – cells in decline phase. Imagine that you observe the growth rates of each culture in a fresh sterilized LB medium. Now, plot the outcome growth curves of cultures A, B, C and D in a single graph.
Below is shown a growth curve for an E. coli culture. As indicated, the culture was incubated in the absence of a carbon source for 2 hours until Glucose and Lactose were added; Glucose was used up after 5 hours, and Lactose was used up after 8 hours. During the time-course, you take four samples, labeled A-D, after 1, 3, 7 and 9 hours, respectively, as indicated under the graph. Assuming there is cAMP present at t=0, for each sample identify whether CAP and/or the Lac Repressor would be bound to the DNA, and explain why.
If a biotechnologist wishes to obtain a primary metabolite, they will harvest the organism/media during log phase. If a biotechnologist wishes to obtain a secondary metabolite, they will harvest the organism/media during stationary phase. Can you explain this distinction regarding the metabolism of the cell at these two different batch culture growth phases?

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