{"id":2129,"date":"2020-07-22T13:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2020-07-22T13:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:44:42","slug":"q-7-what-is-fermenter-and-write-down-its-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-7-what-is-fermenter-and-write-down-its-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.7 What is fermenter and write down its types."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q.7 What is fermenter and write down its types.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Fermenter <\/strong><br \/>\nFermenter is a device that provides optimum environment to micro-organisms to grow into a biomass, so that they can interact with a substrate, forming the product.<br \/>\n<strong>Types<\/strong><br \/>\nFermentation is carried out in fermenters, in the following two ways:<br \/>\n<strong>1) Batch Fermentation <\/strong><br \/>\nIn this process, the tank of fermenter is filled with the raw materials to be fermented. The temperature and pH of microbial fermentation is properly adjusted and nutritive supplements are added. All the material is steam sterilized. The pure culture of micro-organisms is added to fermenter from a separate vessel.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2130 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/microbial-fermentation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/microbial-fermentation.jpg 322w, https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/microbial-fermentation-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><br \/>\nFermentation proceeds and after the proper time the contents of fermenter are taken out. Fermenter is cleaned and the process is repeated. Thus, fermen<br \/>\nI the process is repeated. Thus, fermentation is a dis-continuous process divided into batches.<br \/>\n<strong>2) Continuous fermentation <\/strong><br \/>\nIn this process, the substrate is added to fermenter continuously at a fixed rate. This maintains the micro-organisms in growth phase. Fermentation products are taken out continuously. The design and arrangements for continuous fermentation are more complex.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2131 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Fermentation-products.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Fermentation-products.jpg 300w, https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Fermentation-products-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/unit-17-biotechnology-long-questions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1462 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q.7 What is fermenter and write down its types. Answer: Fermenter Fermenter is a device that provides optimum environment to micro-organisms to grow into a biomass, so that they can interact with a substrate, forming the product. Types Fermentation is carried out in fermenters, in the following two ways: 1) Batch Fermentation In this process,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-7-what-is-fermenter-and-write-down-its-types\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q.7 What is fermenter and write down its types.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions\/2132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}