Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Name the scientists who were credited for showing the role of Penicillin as an antibiotic?
Advertisements
उत्तर
Its full potential as an effective antibiotic was established much later by Ernest Chain and Howard Florey. This antibiotic was extensively used to treat American soldiers wounded in World War II. Fleming, Chain and Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945, for this discovery.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the source of streptokinase. How does this bioreactor molecule function in our body?
Find out the name of the microbes from which cyclosporin A (an immunosuppressive drug) and statins (blood cholesterol lowering agents) are obtained.
Name any two antibiotics with their microbial source.
Give the names and functions of enzymes involved in lactose metabolism in E. Coli.
Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of ______.
What are A, B, C, and D in the table given below :
| Types of microbe | Name | Commercial product |
| Fungus | A | Penicillin |
| Bacterium | Acetobacter aceti |
B |
| C | Aspergillus niger | Citric acid |
| Yeast | D | Ethanol |
Cyclosporin - A is an immunosuppressive drug produced from ____________.
Give any two bioactive molecules produced by microbes and state their uses.
Define the following terms
Superbug
When does antibiotic resistance develop?
Which of the following microbe is used for the production of citric acid?
Which of the following is/are the microbial source(s) for the enzyme pectinase?
In alcoholic fermentation:
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 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
State the most important contribution of the following microbes for human welfare:
Monascus purpureus
State the most important contribution of the following microbes for human welfare:
Trichoderma Polysporum
Match the following pairs:
| Column A | Column B | ||
| Antibiotic produced | Microbial source | ||
| (i) | Penicillin | (a) | Streptomyces venezuelae |
| (ii) | Chloromycetin | (b) | Bacillus licheniformis |
| (iii) | Bacitracin | (c) | Streptomyces aurifaciens |
| (iv) | Erythromycin | (d) | Streptomyces griseus |
| (v) | Streptomycin | (e) | Penicillium chrysogenum |
| (vi) | Terramycin | (f) | Streptomyces erythreus |
Gluconic acid is manufactured with the help of ______.
Name the microbial sources of any two vitamins.
