Course Audit - Summative Assessment # 4

Used by the food industry as nutritional supplements in bread products and as flavor-enhancing compounds

• Amino Acids

• Antibiotics

• Organic Acids

• Biopolymers

Modify the flow characteristics of liquids and serve as gelling agents

• Amino Acids

• Organic Acids

• Biosurfactants

• Biopolymers

Used for emulsification, increasing detergency, wetting, phase dispersion, and solubilization

• Organic Acids

• Biosurfactants

• Biocatalysts

• Biopolymers

Use of microbes to transform toxic molecules to nontoxic degradation products

• Filtration

• Bioremediation

• Biodegradation

• Waste water treatment

Use of microorganisms that produce acids to solubilize desired metals for recovery

• Bioaugmentation

• Biodegradation

• Bioremediation

• Bioleaching