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Microbes in Human Welfare — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMicrobes in Human Welfare2 Marks
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What are fermentors?
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Even in industry, microbes are used to synthesise a number of products valuable to human beings. Beverages and antibiotics are some of the examples. Production on an industrial scale, requires growing microbes in very large vessels called fermentors.

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