GATE BT · 2022 · BT
Question 63: Upstream and Downstream Processing
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Question 63
BTNAT2 marksNeeds review
A pilot sterilization was carried out in a vessel containing 100 m
medium with an initial spore concentration of 10
spores/ml. The accepted level of contamination after sterilization is 1 spore in the entire vessel. The specific death rate constant for the spore is 2 min
at 121 °C. Assuming no death takes place during the heating and cooling cycles, the holding time at 121 °C (rounded off to nearest integer) is ____________ min.Log in to check the answer
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GATE BT 2022 · Paper 1
Biotechnology · Original paper archive
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- Biotechnology
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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