Highest number of antibiotics are produced by

Options

A. Bacillus
B. Penicillium
C. Streptomyces
D. Cephalosporium

Answer

C

Explanation

Streptomyces is the largest antibiotic-producing genus in the microbial world discovered so far. The number of antimicrobial compounds, reported from the species of this genus per year increased almost exponentially for about two decades followed by a steady rise to reach a peak in the 1970 and with a decline in the late 1980s and 1990s.