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CHE 309 Intro Bioeng A1 G.

Turcotte
Ryerson University January, 2018

Students must submit their answers through D2L before 11 am on Thursday, January 18, 2018. There is
no need for a cover page but students should use a header similar to the one on this page, with their
names instead of the instructor’s. Please re-type the questions before answering them.

Question 1. Choose the right answer. The name of a bacterial species must be written as (25 marks)

(a) Pseudomonas
(b) pseudomonas putida
(c) Pseudomonas putida
(d) Pseudomonas Putida Ans.:

Question 2. Given the following statements:

(a) A yeast is a large bacterium, and a mold is a fungus


(b) A bacterium is smaller than a yeast, and a fungus is a mold
(c) Bacteria and fungi are prokaryotes
(d) Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) produce lactic acid, and Aspergillus niger produces citric
acid

Which of the following sentences is (are) true: (25 marks)

I. Statement (c) is true


II. Statement (b) is false
III. Statements (c) and (d) are true
IV. All statements are true
V. All statements are false Ans.:

Question 3. Which yeast is industrially used to make (25 marks)

(a) An ale beer? Ans.:


(b) A lager beer? Ans.:

Question 4. See Problem 6.3 in your textbook (3rd ed.). We will re-use the graphs you construct at a
later date.

(a) Graph on the same figure the concentration of the aerobic bacterium, X, and of the
remaining substrate (S, methanol) during the batch fermentation. Make sure to
correctly and neatly label the figure, and each of its axes. (5 marks)
(b) Using the same data, graph a separate figure with log X versus fermentation time,
also properly labelled. (8 marks)
(c) Also properly graph a separate figure with ln X versus fermentation time. (8 marks)
(d) Calculate the relationship between the slope of the (b) and of the (c) graphs. (4
marks)

Total: /100
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