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Microbes are utilized for commercial and industrial generation of ______

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Important Questions on Microbes in Human Welfare

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The growth hormone used in breaking dormancy and inducing flowering is ______.
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The set of commercial and industrial products of non-bacterial origin
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Which ONE of the following statements is CORRECT about the mechanism of action of penicillin?
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Match the following?

Organism Product
(a) Aspergillus Niger (i) Ethanol
(b) Acetobacter (ii) Butyric acid
(c) Saccharomyces (iii) Acetic acid
(d) Lactobacillus (iv) Citric acid
      (v) Lactic acid

 

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Which of the following is wrongly matched in the given table?
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Match List-I with List-II.

List-I List-II
(a) Aspergillus niger (i) Acetic acid
(b) Acetobacter aceti (ii) Lactic acid
(c) Clostridium butylicum (iii) Citric acid
(d) Lactobacillus (iv) Butyric acid
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Which one of the following microbial product is called "clot " buster?
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Write the scientific name of the microorganism used to produce ethanol.
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Name the plant growth regulator which upon spraying on sugarcane crop, increases the length of stem, thus increasing the yield of sugarcane crop.
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A patient brought to a hospital with myocardial infarction is normally immediately given
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The use of friendly bacteria for therapeutic use is a concept of _______
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Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them?
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Give the biological names of the following:

The mould from which penicillin is obtained.

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Match the following

  Column - I   Column - II
i. Cyclosporin-A a. Clot busters
ii. Streptokinase b. Antibiotic
iii. Statins c. Immunosuppressive agent
iv. Penicillin d. Blood cholesterol lowering agent
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Name the microorganisms from which Cyclosporin and Statin are obtained.
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Define Fermentation and describe briefly how alcohol is produced in this process?
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What are antibiotics? Name two microorganisms used to produce antibiotics.
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Assertion (A): The foolish seedling disease in rice seedlings is caused by a fungal pathogen, Gibberella fuzikuroi.

Reason (R): E. Kurosawa reported the appearance of symptoms of the disease in uninfected rice seedlings when they were treated with sterile filtrates of the fungus and the active principle was identified as gibberellic acid.

The correct answer is:

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 This entry in the table is wrongly matched, identify.
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Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct option using the codes given below :
 
Column–I Column–II
a. Citric acid (i) Trichoderma
b. Cyclosporin A (ii) Clostridium
c. Statins (iii) Aspergillus
d. Butyric acid (iv) Monascus