Chapter 28: Applied and Industrial Microbiology

Microbes

Microbes

________ can be used for bioconversion, the process of converting biomass into alternative energy sources.

Secondary metabolites

________ are not produced until the microbe has largely completed its logarithmic growth phase, known as the trophophase, and has entered the stationary phase of the growth cycle.

Biofuels

________ are energy sources produced from living organisms, rather than from fossils of organisms that lived over 300 million years ago.

microbial fuel cells

In ________, exoelectrogens are grown in a nutrient medium such as soil or wastewater.

large retort

Industrially canned goods undergo commercial sterilization by steam under pres- sure in a(n) ________, which operates on the same principle as an autoclave.

primary metabolite

A(n) ________ is formed essentially at the same time as the new cells, and the production curve follows the cell population curve almost in parallel, with only minimal lag.

word biotechnology

The ________ was first used in 1918 to describe the use of living organisms to produce products- in reference to combining agriculture and technology.

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

The ________ (HACCP) system is designed to prevent contamination by identifying points at which foods are most likely to be contaminated with harmful microbes.

Industrially canned goods undergo commercial sterilization by steam under pres

sure in a large retort, which operates on the same principle as an autoclave