Question

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

• A. Yeast — statins
• B. Acetobacter aceti — acetic acid
• C. Aspergillus niger — citric acid
• D. Clostridium butylicum — lactic acid

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

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.