Cheese Making Essay

526 Words3 Pages
Fermentation Essay, Research Paper Planning PROBLEM TO BE INVESTIGATED Yeast enzyme specificity: Specificity of Brewers and Bakers yeast enzymes to different sugars (being monosaccharides) HYPOTHESIS I predict Bakers yeast to have a different enzyme specificity compared to Brewers yeast where more CO2 is produced at 37 0C. BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Fermentation is the breakdown of sugars by bacteria and yeast using a method of respiration without oxygen (anaerobic respiration). It involves a culture of yeast and a solution of sugar, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide with the aid of the enzymes. As a culture of yeast is merged with solution of sugar, a reaction called fermentation occurs. As products, ethanol and carbon dioxide are produced, in form of liquid and gas respectively. The reaction follows this equation: Glucose solution + Yeast Carbon dioxide + Ethanol + (Energy) As one of the products is in the form of gas, the volume of the product can be measured to demonstrate the difference of the reaction when certain factors are changed. In the other words, the rate of reaction can be illustrated by doing appropriate calculation involving the volume of gas produced, in this case the amount of Carbon Dioxide produced. This process can be slowed down by denaturation of the enzymes at a certain temperature. Method and Apparatus + Polypropylene test tube rack in order to hold all the test tubes + 5 fermentation tubes to allow the fermentation process to be carried out. + 5 test tubes to hold the fermentation tubes. + A pencil to hold fermentation tubes when the test tube is inverted + A ruler with mm scale in order to measure the CO2 bubble + Brewers yeast and Bakers yeast (20% solution {20g/100cm3}) + Distilled water as a control experiment + 20% solutions of Glucose, sucrose, fructose and galactose (20g/100cm3) Label five fermentation tubes 1-5,

More about Cheese Making Essay

Open Document