Metabolites can be the desired end-product of a bioprocess or substances produced by microorganisms (primary metabolites), with secondary metabolites being non-essential compounds produced during the stationary growth phase.
Metabolites can be the desired product of a bioprocess (like Quorn protein) or substances formed by microorganisms (primary metabolites like ethanol). Secondary metabolites, like antibiotics, are non-essential for growth and formed during the stationary phase, whereas primary metabolites are produced during active growth.
| Front | metabolites |
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| Back | - sometimes its microorganism thats desired from bioprocess (e.g Quorn protein) - sometimes its the substances formed via microorganism e.g ethanol, ethanoic acids, AA etc.., these are primary metabolite - organisms can form non-essential substances for growth (organism wont suffer in absence of them), e.g toxic chemicals of plants, these are secondary metabolites (mainly penicillin and other antibiotics) - primary metabolites formed in period of acrive growth, secondary metabolites formed during stationary phase |
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