Question

Who introduced the term “Fed-Batch”?

(a) Burrow et al.

(b) Bu’Lock et al.

(c) Yoshida et al.

(d) Maniatis et al.

I have been asked this question during an interview.

My question is based upon Microbial Growth Kinetics in section Microbial Growth Kinetics of Fermentation Technology

Answer 1

Right choice is (c) Yoshida et al.

To explain: The term “Fed-Batch” was introduced by Yoshida et al. to describe the cultures which are fed continuously or sequentially without the removal of culture fluid.