Question

Mortar and pestle, french press and homogenizer are widely used to lyse the cells by ultrasonication.

(a) True

(b) False

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Question is from Extraction of Enzymes by Physical Methods topic in division Enzyme Extraction and Isolation of Enzyme Technology

Answer 1

The correct option is (b) False

To explain: Mortar and pestle, french press and homogenizer utilizes pressure in different ways may be manually or automated. Hence they are widely used to lyse the cells by homogenization and not ultrasonication. As ultrasonication uses ultrasonic waves to lyse the cells and the machine used is called Ultrasonicator.