Pseudomonas sp. has a mass doubling time of 2.4 h when grown on acetate. the saturation constant using this substrate is 1.3 g/l, and cell yield on acetate is 0.46 g cell/g acetate. if we operate a chemostat on a feed stream containing 38 g/l acetate, find the following (assume monod kinetics):

find the following:

a. maximum dilution rate

b. cell concentration when the dilution rate is one-half of the maximum

c. substrate concentration when the dilution rate is 0.8 dmax

d. cell productivity at 0.8 dmax

i do not know and i have a 100 in this class

answer: all : )

explanation:

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."

i might be wrong but i think its a. let me know if i’m right and have a good rest of your day!