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Q. Which one of the following population interactions is widely used in medical science for the production of antibiotics?

NEETNEET 2018Organisms and Populations

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Amensalism/Antibiosis (0, -)
• Antibiotics are chemicals secreted by one microbial group (eg : Penicillium) which harm other microbes (eg : Staphylococcus)
• It has no effect on Penicillium or the organism which produces it.