Class Discussion Topics (2018-19): Even Semester

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Class Discussion Topics (2018-19)

Questions from class discussion:

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How Fermentation Microbiology help us shift from a hydrocarbon economy to a bio-based green economy?

Interesting questions for critical thinking:

• How the organic acid producers accumulate large amount of the acid in medium against the concentration gradient?
• How the problem of gradient formation (with respect to pH, temp, nutrient/product concentration, etc.) inside a fermentor vessel is linked to stress-regulation of the process organism?

Topics of emerging importance:

• Viable but non-cultivable (VNC) microbes
• Interspecies and intraspecies communication among microorganisms using physical signals

Topics of emerging importance:

• Biorefinery concept
• Alcohol production from lignocellulosic waste
• Glycerol based fermentations
• Lactic acid as a precursor for chemical industry