Question

How could batch culture and continuous cultures benefit different types of organisms?

This question is for my microbio class

Answer 1

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BATCH CULTURE	CONTINUOUS CULTURE
a technique in which microbes are produced contiually in which nutrients are conitinually supplied to the fermenter.	microorganism grow in limited supply of nutrients, which decline when these are used up or someother factor become limiting
a open system	a closed system
yield is high	yield is low
labor is more	labor demand is low
chance of contamination is more	less chance of contamination
small ferments are used	large ferments are used
turnover is high	turnover is low
sutiable for the production of primary metabolites such as organic acids and amino acids	suitable for the production of secondary metabolites such as antibiotics
process continues and the yields are coninually removed from the fermenter	whole process is stopped when the product is formed
lag and log phase are maintained	lag and log phase and stationary phase occur
nutrients are continually added through out the process, thus they are not a limiting factor	nutrients are added at the beginning of the process,thus they are limiting factor

these are few of the basic difference between the batch culture and the continuous culture