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Fermentation is the metabolic process which occurs with or without oxygen to produce desirable products in large scale[1]. Many products like Ethanol, Lactic acid, Gases, Proteins etc are the products of fermentation. Various kinds of bioreactors can be used in different modes of fermentation like Batch, Fed-batch, Packed etc. The word "ferment" in latin means to boil and this word has been used since the 1600s. Advances in fermentation technology has made life easier. Antibiotics (drugs), amino acids and some other important biomolecules can also be produced in large scale for the world to use.
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