GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - T.P. Pyrog - 2004

22. MICROORGANISMS AS OBJECTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Review Questions for Chapter 22

1. What are the main tasks facing the biotechnology industry?

2. What ways of utilizing microorganisms in biotechnology do you know?

3. How are Antibiotics classified according to their mechanism of biological action, and which microorganisms synthesize them?

4. Which Enzymes are obtained through microbial synthesis?

5. Provide a Description of the main industrial microbial Polysaccharides.

6. What surface-active substances are synthesized by microorganisms? How are biosurfactants classified according to their chemical nature?

7. Which Vitamins are produced via microbial synthesis?

8. Characterize preparations based on microbial biomass.

9. What Probiotics are used to correct The Human Body's microflora?

10. What fertilizers are produced using microorganisms?

11. The biomass of which microorganisms is used as a food Supplement, and why?

12. What drives the need to produce Single-Cell Protein and vitamin concentrates for animal feed? Which microorganisms and substrates are used for this purpose?

13. What is biogas, and what is The Role of microorganisms in its production? Characterize these microorganisms.

14. Which microorganisms and for what processes are used in the BIOGEOTECHNOLOGY OF METALS?

15. How are microbiological transformations of Steroids carried out?

16. What transformations of Hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds can be achieved using microorganisms?



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