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Q. Which of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct

AIPMTAIPMT 2011Microbes in Human Welfare

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Microbes are used for commercial and industrial production of certain chemicals like oiganic acids, alcohols and enzymes. Examples of acid producers axe Aspergillus nigex (a fungus) of citric acid, Acetobacter aceti (a bacterium) of acetic acid; Clostridium butylicum (a bacterium) ofbutyric acid and Lactobacillus (a bacterium) of lactic acid.