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Find out the name of the microbes from which Cyclosporin A (animmuno-suppressive drug) and Statins (blood chloesterollowering agents) are obtained.

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Cyclosporin in A is obtained from-Trichoderma polysporum (a fungus) statins are obtained from Monascus purpureous ( a yeast).
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