Fermenters
Fermenters (Supplement)
- A fermenter is a large tank used to grow bacteria or fungi to make useful products.
- Examples: insulin, penicillin and mycoprotein.
Practice
A fermenter is:
A fermenter grows bacteria or fungi at scale to make products like insulin, penicillin and mycoprotein.
Practice
Which is made using a fermenter?
Fermenters are used to make insulin, penicillin and mycoprotein.
Controlled conditions
- The conditions inside must be carefully controlled:
- temperature,
- pH,
- oxygen,
- the supply of nutrients,
- the removal of waste products.
Practice
Which conditions are controlled inside a fermenter? (Choose all that apply.)
Temperature, pH, oxygen, nutrient supply and waste removal are all controlled; the tank colour is irrelevant.
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Key idea
- a fermenter grows microbes at scale to make insulin, penicillin, mycoprotein (Supplement)
- the conditions controlled are temperature, pH, oxygen, nutrients and waste removal