• You are a researcher in biotechnology laboratory. You want to produce bioethanol by using immobilized and suspended (without immobilization) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast cells). Ethanol production may be calculated from the following reaction and bioreactor weight losses are given in the table below. Calculate the amount of metabolized glucose and produced ethanol in this processes. Which system (immobilized or suspended) is suitable for ethanol production? Explain the reason of your choice (CO₂: 44.01 g/mole, C₆H₁₂O_6: 180.16 g/mole, C₂H₅OH: 46 g/mole, reactor volume: 50 mL, beginning glucose concentration: 10g/50 mL)

C₆H₁₂O₆         >>                   2 (C₂H₅OH) + 2CO₂

    Results of immobilized cells

Date	Time	Elapsed time(h)	Bioreactor weight (g)
21.05.2020	12:30	0	230.35
22.05.2020	13.40	…	229.43
25.05.2020	12:00	…..	225.7

   Results of suspended cells

Date		Time	Elapsed time(h)	Bioreactor weight (g)
	21.05.2020	12:30	0	230.35
	22.05.2020	13:40	…..	229.1
	25.05.2020	12:00	…..	227.8

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