Hard Quiz on Industrial Biotechnology
A rigorous set of questions probing advanced concepts in microbial manufacturing and bio‑production.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
In the context of biofuel synthesis, the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass primarily aims to:
- 2
What enzyme class does the CRISPR‑Cas9 system belong to?
- 3
The metabolic pathway that converts glucose to succinate in engineered E. coli is an example of:
- 4
Which of the following feedstocks is considered a C5 sugar source for microbial conversion?
- 5
In industrial‑scale bioprocesses, the term "high‑cell‑density fermentation" most accurately refers to:
- 6
The principal advantage of using Pichia pastoris over Saccharomyces cerevisiae for heterologous protein secretion is:
- 7
Which regulatory element is commonly inserted upstream of a gene to create a tunable synthetic promoter in yeast?
- 8
During downstream processing, the step that primarily removes host cell proteins after protein capture is:
- 9
Which microorganism is most commonly engineered for large‑scale production of recombinant insulin?
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