AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2002

  • question_answer
    Pasteur used the term for fermentation

    A)  zymogenosis                    

    B)  zymosis

    C)  anaerobic respiration   

    D)  combustion

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     Pasteur used the term zymosis for fermentation, as in yeast extract an enzyme complex called zymase is present, which perform fermentation. Anaerobic respiration was discovered by Kostytcher (1902). It is an enzyme mediated energy liberating catabolic process of step wise but incomplete breakdown of organic substrate without using oxygen as an oxidant. Combustion is the phenomenon of destruction of biomass by fire.                  


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