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Who derived the term antibiotic ? Name the antibiotic which he discovered.

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The term antibiotic was used first by Selman Waksman in 1943 . He discovered Streptomycin
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  2. Name few home - made microbial products.

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  5. Differentiate bactericidal antibiotic and bacteriostatic antibiotic.

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  6. Name any four antibiotics

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  7. Compare Broad spectrum antibiotics with narrow spectrum antibiotics.

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  8. What is antibiosis ?

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  10. Saccharomyces cerevisiae commonly called brewer's yeast justify

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  11. How wine is made ? Which organism is involved in the process.

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  12. Name the 2 types of grape wine . How they differ from one another ?

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  13. Saccharomyces Cerevisiae is a widely used fungus in making beverages ....

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  14. The other name of industrial alcohol.

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  15. Pick the bacterial species which is not used in ethanol formation.

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  16. Name the substrates used for production of industrial alcohol.

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  17. Write the equation for alcoholic fermentation.

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  18. Complete the table by filling with respective organic acid and microbe...

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  19. Genetically engineered Streptococci are used as clot buster for removi...

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  20. Write a brief note on (a) Cyclosporine A (b) Statins

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