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- FUNGI, BACTERIA AND FERMANTATION
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- OBJECTIVES To recall the method of nutrition used by
microorganisms To know some examples of commercial exploitation of
microbial metabolism
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- What is heterotroph? herbivores carnivores omnivores All
animals Most bacteria Some fungi
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- MICROBES CARRY OUT USEFUL METABOLIC PROCESSES Heterotrophic
Fungi -such as yeast and Fusarium- and many bacteria
saprotrophic
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- The enzymes, toxic or excess products which they excrete of use
to humans Some microbes useful in food production
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- Acetobacter vinegar manufacture Lactobacillus yoghurt and
cheese production
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- Ripening bacteria cheese production Fusarium and
mycoprotein
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- On an enormous scale in special factories The microbes cultured
separately added sterilised container
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- These containers fermenters or bioreactors
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- ZNUR WILL