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Antibiotic Production Worksheet

The document is a worksheet for a biotechnology class at Beaconhouse Metropolitan Campus in Islamabad, focusing on the manufacture of antibiotics. It includes questions about the type of organism used, specific antibiotics, the role of amino acids and glucose, and the importance of air and water circulation in the manufacturing process. The total score for the worksheet is 10 points.

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Antibiotic Production Worksheet

The document is a worksheet for a biotechnology class at Beaconhouse Metropolitan Campus in Islamabad, focusing on the manufacture of antibiotics. It includes questions about the type of organism used, specific antibiotics, the role of amino acids and glucose, and the importance of air and water circulation in the manufacturing process. The total score for the worksheet is 10 points.

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Worksheet biotechnology

Q1. Fig. 4.1 shows apparatus used in the manufacture of an antibiotic

Fig. 4.1

(a) (i) Name the type of organism used in the manufacture of antibiotics.

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(ii) Name an antibiotic that is manufactured in this way. ............................................[1]

(b) The manufacturing process involves the presence of a solution containing both amino

acids and glucose.

Explain the value of these to the organism.

amino acids ......................................................................................................................

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glucose .............................................................................................................................

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(c) Explain why

(i) air is introduced into the apparatus;

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(ii) the air enters through very many small holes, rather than one large one.

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(d) Suggest the importance of the water circulating in the jacket around the container.

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[Total : 10]

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