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Acid producer microbe name |
Type of microbe |
Name of acid produced |
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Aspergillus niger |
Fungus |
citric acid |
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Acetobacter aceti |
bacterium |
acetic acid |
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Clostridium butylicum |
bacterium |
butyric acid |
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Lactobacillus |
bacterium |
lactic acid.
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Name of microbe |
Type of microbe |
Bioactive compound |
use |
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Streptococcus and modified by genetic engineering |
Bacterium |
Streptokinase |
a ‘clot buster’ for removing clots from the blood vessels of patients who have undergone myocardial infarction leading to heart attack.
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Trichoderma polysporum |
Fungus |
cyclosporin A |
immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients |
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Monascus purpureus |
Yeast |
Statins |
blood-cholesterol lowering agents. It acts by competitively inhibiting the enzyme responsible for synthesis of cholesterol
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