Biochemical Engineering Module 1: Microbiology and Chemicals of Life Quiz

Microorganisms play a primary role in capturing energy from the sun and completing critical segments of the cycles of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and other essential elements for life.

Complementary developments in biochemistry, microbial genetics, and engineering ushered in the era of antibiotics.

Biotechnology began to change from empirical art to predictive, optimized design.

<p>Research in microbial genetics has led to fundamental understanding of many of the controls and catalysts involved in complex biochemical syntheses conducted by living cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recombinant DNA technology has been erected on the foundation of basic knowledge obtained from research in microbial genetics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biochemical engineering focuses on engineering processes using catalysts, feedstocks, and/or sorbents of biological origin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cell theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Biophysics</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prokaryotes do not contain a membrane-enclosed nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Approximately equal to the size of a man relative to the earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That all living systems are composed of cells and their products</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemical reactors, information and control systems, and mass-transfer operations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two markedly different kinds of cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Microbiology</p> Signup and view all the answers