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Question: Which microbe is known for producing the antibiotic penicillin?

Options:

  1. Bacillus cereus
  2. Penicillium chrysogenum
  3. Streptomyces griseus
  4. Escherichia coli

Correct Answer: Penicillium chrysogenum

Solution: 

Penicillium chrysogenum is the mold from which the antibiotic penicillin is derived, used to treat bacterial infections.

Which microbe is known for producing the antibiotic penicillin?

Practice Questions

Q1
Which microbe is known for producing the antibiotic penicillin?
  1. Bacillus cereus
  2. Penicillium chrysogenum
  3. Streptomyces griseus
  4. Escherichia coli

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

Which microbe is known for producing the antibiotic penicillin?
Correct Answer: Penicillium chrysogenum
  • Step 1: Understand that penicillin is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections.
  • Step 2: Learn that penicillin comes from a type of mold.
  • Step 3: Identify the specific mold that produces penicillin.
  • Step 4: The mold that produces penicillin is called Penicillium chrysogenum.
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