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Microbes in Household Products

Question

Complete the following analogy:
Swiss cheese: Propionibacterium shermanii : Bread : ________.

Easy

A

Candida albicans.
B

Lactic acid bacteria.
C

Clostridium butylicum.
D

Sacchromyces cerevisiae.

Solution

The large holes in ‘Swiss cheese’ are due to production of a large amount of CO₂ by a bacterium named Propionibacterium sharmanii.
The dough, which is used for making bread, is fermented using baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).

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