Question

The culture medium should not ________________

(a) Be sterilized

(b) Be cheap and readily available

(c) Contain desired products

(d) Allow high yield of undesired products

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I'd like to ask this question from Medium Formulation topic in section Introduction to Fermentation Processes & Media for Industrial Fermentation of Bioprocess Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) Allow high yield of undesired products

Explanation: There should not be any undesirable changes in the consistency of the medium during preparation of media and after sterilization. There should be minimum production of unwanted products.