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Cyclosporin A, used as immunosuppression agent, is produced from

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a

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

b

Penicillium notatum

c

Trichoderma polysporum

d

Monascus purpureus

answer is A.

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Cyclosporin A  is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is produced by the fungus Trichoderma polysporum.

 Statins produced by the yeast Monascus purpureus have been commercialised as blood-cholesterol lowering agents. 

Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is used for commercial production of ethanol.

Penicillium chrysogenum (also known as Penicillium notatum) is the source for penicillin, the first antibiotic.

 

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