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Microbes in Industrial Products

Question

Choose the wrong match.

Easy

A

Citric acid - Aspergillus niger
B

Antibiotics - Penicillium
C

Butyric acid - Clostridium
D

Statins - Trichoderma polysporum

Solution

Statins, which lower blood cholesterol, are commercially produced by using the ascomycetous microbe Monascus purpureus. Trichoderma polysporum is used for the production of an immunosuppressive agent cyclosporin A, which is used for the treatment of organ transplant patients.

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