GATE BT · 2019 · BT
Question 51: Engineering principles applied to biological systems
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Question 51
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Yeast biomass (C₆H₁₀O₃N) grown on glucose is described by the stoichiometric equation given below:
C₆H₁₂O₆ + 0.48 NH₃ + 3 O₂ → 0.48 C₆H₁₀O₃N + 3.12 CO₂ + 4.32 H₂O
The amount of glucose needed for the production of 50 g L⁻¹ of yeast biomass in a batch reactor with a working volume of 1,00,000 L is ______ kg (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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GATE BT 2019 · 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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