Question

Fed-batch culture is superior to conventional batch culture.

(a) True

(b) False

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Asked question is from Fed Batch Culture topic in division Microbial Growth Kinetics of Bioprocess Engineering

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) True

Explanation: The advantage of the fed-batch culture is that one can control concentration of fed-substrate in the culture liquid at arbitrarily desired levels (in many cases, at low levels). Generally speaking, fed-batch culture is superior to conventional batch culture when controlling concentrations of a nutrient (or nutrients) affect the yield or productivity of the desired metabolite.