Certain bacteria are useful to mankind differently. Give examples… - Vidyadip

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Certain bacteria are useful to mankind differently. Give examples.

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→ The given microbes give useful products to humans.
→ Lactobacillus: curd
→ Saccharomyses cerevisiae: To prepare bread and alcoholic beverages.
→ Propionibacterium sharmanii: swiss cheese
→ Penicillium Roquefortii: roquefort cheese
→ Aspergillus niger fungi: citric acid
→ Acetobacter aceti: acitic acid
→ Clostridium butyricum: butyric acid
→ Penicillium notatum: penicillin
→ Streptococcus: streptokinase enzyme which used as a clot bluster
→ Trichoderma polysporium: cyclosporin-A which uses as immunosuppressive drug to organ transplant patients.
→ Monascus purpurus (yeast): statins which lowers down blood cholesterol level

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