Which of the following statements is incorrect?
- A bio-reactor provides optimal growth conditions for achieving the desired product
- Most commonly used bio-reactors are of stirring type
- Bio-reactors are used to produce small scale bacterial cultures
- Bio-reactors have an agitator system, an oxygen delivery system and foam control system
Answer
(3) Bio-reactors are used to produce small scale bacterial cultures
Solution
Bioreactors are large vessels (100–1000 litres) in which raw materials are biologically converted into specific products; they are used for large-scale production, not for small-scale cultures.
They provide optimal growth conditions (temperature, pH, substrate, salts, vitamins, oxygen); the most commonly used ones are of the stirring type, with an agitator system, an oxygen delivery system and a foam control system.
Hence statement (3) is incorrect.
Answer: (3)