BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHE4171

Tutorial 8 - Plant and Animal Cells Culture

1. Cite the major differences between animal, plant and microbial (yeast) cells in term of
cell structure and physiology.

2. Why is production of products from plant cells more difficult than production from
microbial cultures?

3. List the steps involved in the initiation of a plant cells suspension culture.

4. What are the advantages of using plant cells culture for chemical production?

5. What are the advantages of plant organ culture? What are the challenges associated
with it?

6. What are the common features of animal cell bioreactor?

7. Why grow animal cells in culture?

8. What are the components of a typical animal cell culture medium?

9. What are the disadvantages of animal cell cultures?

10. What are the strategies that can be applied to improve the performance of animal cell
cultures?
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What are plantibodies?

Give a recent example of plantibodies, and use internet to find its production
method.