Microbes in Industrial Products
Question
Cyclosporin A, used as immunosuppression agent, is produced from
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Solution
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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