Question

The continuous culture or fermentation can be used to produce _______

(a) Biomass

(b) Primary metabolites

(c) Secondary metabolites

(d) Antibodies

I got this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Microbial Growth Kinetics in division Microbial Growth Kinetics of Fermentation Technology

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Primary metabolites

Explanation: The continuous culture or fermentation can be used to produce primary metabolites such as amino acids, SCP, organic acids, etc. Biomass, Secondary metabolites, and a few primary metabolites are produced by batch fermentation.