Question

Differentiate between fed batch and continuous fermentation

Answer 1

The main difference between batch and continuous culture is that batch culture is a closed system that carries out fermentation with a fixed amount of nutrients whereas continuous culture is an open system, which continuously carries out fermentation. Furthermore, nutrients become a limiting factor after a certain point in a batch culture while nutrients are continuously supplied to the continuous culture, maintaining the optimum conditions for the fermentation.

Batch and continuous culture are two types of industrial fermentation used for the production of microbial biomass or metabolites.