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Microbes in Human Welfare — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMicrobes in Human Welfare1 Mark
MCQ
Chloramphenicol and erythromycin are produced by:
  • A
    Streptomyces and Bacillus
  • B
    Streptomyces
  • C
    Streptomyces and Penicillium
  • D
    None of the above
✓

Answer

  1. Streptomyces

Explanation:

Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. It is bacteriostatic.

Erythromycin belongs to a group of drugs called as macrolide antibiotics. Macrolide antibiotics slow the growth of, or sometimes kill, sensitive bacteria by reducing the production of important proteins needed by the bacteria to survive.

Streptomyces is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria that helps in the production of chloramphenicol and erythromycin.

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