analysis of the fermentative metabolism of glycerol in Escherichia coli through the use of kinetic modeling and metabolic control analysis (MCA) to gain a better understanding of glycerol fermentation and identify key targets for genetic manipulation that could enhance product synthesis. The kinetics of glycerol fermentation in a batch culture was simulated using a dynamic model consisting of mass balances for glycerol‚ ethanol‚ biomass‚ and 11 intracellular metabolites‚ along with the corresponding kinetic
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Part 1A Analysis questions: 1. How many “chainobeads” was your enzyme able to make per minute in the 0 – 15 second interval? Our enzyme was able to make 6 chainobeads in the 0-15 interval. 2. How many “chainobeads” was your enzyme able to make per minute in the 60 – 120 second interval? Our enzyme was able to make 49 chainobeads in the 60-120 intervals. 3. Did your enzyme’s rate change over time? How does this compare to a real enzyme? The enzyme’s rate did change over time. This compares to a
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iLab #2 Carbohydrate Tests INTRODUCTION - For this experiment we will be testing four different bacteria with four different tests‚ using glucose‚ lactose‚ and sucrose. Hopefully we will use the information from those test to be able to identify the organisms in each of the samples from the case studies. We will use the results from the four different tests along with the information of how different bacteria react to match up to the case
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- are prokaryotes: Bacteria - impart distinctive flavors in foods such as yogurt and cheese: Bacteria - are obligate intracellular parasites: Viruses - have a protein coat that surrounds the genetic information: Viruses - include molds and yeasts: Fungi - contain the protozoa and algae: Protists - derive their energy from degrading organic materials: Fungi - are the most metabolically diverse group: Bacteria - Which one of the following sequences exhibits increasing size? Viruses
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INTRODUCTION Lactic Acid is an organic compound with the formula CH3CH (OH) COOH. Lactic is one of the types of fermentation which occur under anaerobic respiration to produce ATP without the use of oxygen. Anaerobic respiration takes place in certain prokaryotic organisms that have an Electron Transport Chain (ETC) but do not use oxygen as a final electron acceptor at the end of the chain (Campbell et all‚ 2015) different with the aerobic respiration which use oxygen to produce ATP and its final
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professor. While working as a professor he began to study the effect of bacteria in the alcohol fermentation process. While working on this he discovered yeast and that it was feeding off of the grapes and that it was a living thing. His next feet‚ was to prove that life is formed from living cells‚ that the yeast did not just spontaneously appear in the grapes. Through his work he was able to prove that the yeast did not just generate itself. He went on to invent the process of pasteurization‚ worked
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Bignay fruits Sugar‚ refined Wine yeast Sodium metabisulfite Cotton Flasks Funnel Gallon jars Tray/Basin Strainer Wire needle Paddle Graduated cylinder Fermentation lock Wine bottles Cork/ Aluminum cap Cap seal Water bath Waring blender pH meter Hand Refractometer Procedure: Starter Preparation Pasteurize 10% of the total volume of the “must” in boiling water for 30 minutes. Cool to 40-45oC. Inoculate with pure culture of wine yeast. Ferment for 18-24 hours and inoculate
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced through the partial or total fermentation of grapes‚ other fruits and plants such as berries‚ apples‚ cherries‚ dandelions elder berries ‚ palm and rice can also be fermented. Grapes belong to the botanical family vitaceae of which there are many species. The species that are most widely used in wine production are Vitislabrusca and specially Vitisvinefara‚ which has long been the most widely used wine grape throughout the world
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The extraction of Bio-ethanol from banana and apple peelings through the process of Fermentation and Distillation Purpose & Hypothesis The main purpose of the experiment was to observe if the common household wastes apple and banana peelings- were suitable to be used as another source for production of bio-ethanol It was hypothesized that the banana peelings would produce more bio-ethanol than the apple peelings due to its greater amount of sugar Ethanol‚ which is also known as ethyl alcohol
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Introduction: Biological organisms are classified uniformly in order to easily categorize and identify organisms. This classification‚ or taxonomy‚ uses the genus name followed by the species name‚ in Latin. By having a universal method of identifying bacteria allows for all scientists from any part of the world to identify the same species in an identical manner allowing for a precise of classification. Bacteria are distributed throughout the world in almost every conceivable habit. Bacteria are
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