Uttarakhand PMT Uttarakhand PMT Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    Highest number of antibiotics are produced by

    A)  Bacillus        

    B)  Penicillium

    C)  Streptomyces   

    D)  Cephalosporium

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Antibiotics are the substances that destroy or inhibit  the  growth  of micro-organisms particullarly disease producing bacteria and fungi.    They    are    obtained    from micro-organisms. Streptomyces is the largest genes of Actin bacteria (Sreptomycetaceae). They produce over two-thirds of the clinically useful antibiotics of natural origin, eg, neomycin, chloramphenicol.


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