Introduction The production of acetone and butanol by means of solvent-producing strains of Clostridium spp. was one of the first large-scale industrial fermentation processes to be developed‚and during the first part of this century it ranked second in importance only to ethanol fermentation. The reason for the almost total demise of this fermentation in the early 1960s was the inability of the fermentation process to compete economically with the chemical synthesis of solvents. However‚ interest
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Alcoholic Fermentation Lab Kylie Johnson 11-10-12 Introduction: Since we are regular human beings‚ of course we are going to consume a lot of energy in our lifetime. Most of the energy we consume comes from fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource‚ and we are using these non-reusable ones uncontrollably. This is why we need to use more renewable resources. A way that we could do that is by the alcoholic fermentation of ethanol. Ethanol is a byproduct in corn‚ and it is one product
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Yeats Fermentation Lab Investigative Question: How does the sugar concentration affect the fermentation of yeast? Hypothesis: The percentage of sugar in a solution is directly proportional to the amount of produced CO2‚ as a result of Yeast fermentation. Data table: Amount of CO2 measured in cm. (Bubble length) | Trial | Percentage of sugar in solution | | | 0% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 20% | | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.1 | | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 5 | | 3 | 0 | 0.2 |
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Temperature and Yeast Fermentation Introduction: Saccharomyces cerevisiae‚ commonly known as baker’s yeast‚ is an key ingredient used mainly when baking bread or making alcoholic beverages. The main role of the yeast is to convert the sucrose into carbon dioxide (CO2) and ethanol. For example‚ when baking bread‚ the yeast ferments the sucrose within the dough and so CO2 and ethanol is released‚ causing the bread to rise and expand. It does this using enzymesAlso‚ during this fermentation process‚ because
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Saccharomyces Cerevisiae‚ are single-celled organisms that are a part of the fungi group. Yeast is very capable of alcoholic fermentation‚ where yeast cells primarily break down the sugars glucose‚ fructose‚ and sucrose. The two end products of this fermentation are carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol‚ which are then released into the surrounding area. When bread is being made‚ alcoholic fermentation is what is used
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enumerate the principle and methods in fermentation; and 2. to identify the factors that affect the efficiency of fermentation. INTRODUCTION Vinegar has been traditionally used as a food preservative. Vinegar retards microbial growth and contributes sensory properties to a number of foods. The wide diversity of products containing vinegar (sauces‚ ketchup‚ mayonnaise‚ etc.) and the current fall in wine consumption have favored an increase in vinegar production (De Ory et al 2002). Acetic acid
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Carbohydrate Fermentation Testing Questions A. What is fermentation? It is a metabolic process that allows the production of ATP without need for oxygen B. Why is it important not to incubate the fermentation tubes beyond 24 hours? You may not get accurate results. Although sugar is the primary nutrient used‚ when a microbe runs out of it‚ protein or other nutrients will be attacked This causes changes in the color of the medium because of the pH indicator added to detect acid production. When proteins
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Bacterial Fermentation Secondary article Article Contents Volker Mu¨ller‚ Ludwig-Maximilians-Universita¨t Mu¨nchen‚ Munich‚ Germany . Introduction Under anaerobic conditions‚ in the dark and in the absence of electron acceptors‚ organic compounds are catabolized by strictly anaerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria by internally balanced oxidation–reduction reactions‚ a process called fermentation. In fermentation‚ the organic compound serves as both electron donor and acceptor‚ and adenosine
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Title: Confirming the Presence of Fermentation in the Conversion of Milk to Kefir Authors: Michael Ahrens‚ Nicholas Fiore‚ Garrett Hages‚ Melissa Cullom University of Kansas‚ Biol 402‚ Fall 2014‚ 3:00pm room 6040 Abstract: In this experiment milk was fermented into Kefir‚ then a series of tests were used to confirm that fermentation actually occurred. The tests used to confirm the fermentation were a gas production test‚ pH test‚ Gram stain‚ and turbidity test. The results showed during the conversion
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the result then used to plot the growth curve graph which next use to compared and analyze the growth curve of microorganism. 2.0 Introduction Shake flask fermentation is one of the fermentation method which are widely used for screening of high producing strains. The shake flask fermentation is the simplest way to do the fermentation using small amount volume of nutrient broth in laboratory. A nutritionally rich medium‚ Lysogeny broth or luria bertani (LB) is used for the growth of bacteria
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