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Given below is a list of six micro- organisms . State their usefulness to humans.
(a) Nuclelolyedrovirus
( b) Sachharomycess cerevisiae
( c) Monascus purpureus
( d) Trichoerma polysporum
( E) Penicllium notatum
( F) Prpopionibacterium sharmanii

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Monascus purpures : used for producing statins for lowering blood chlestrol
( D) Trichoderma polysporum : used for producing cyclosporin A used as an immunosppessive agent in organ transplant patients .
( E) Penicillium notatum : Used for prducing antibiotic penicillin .
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