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Assertion : Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces acetic acid. Reason : Trichoderma polysporum produces blood cholestrol lowering agent.

Options

  1. AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  2. BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  3. CIf assertion is true but reason is false
  4. DIf both assertion and reason are false

Correct answer

D. If both assertion and reason are false

Step-by-step solution

Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is used for commercial production of ethanol. A bioactive molecule, cyclosporin A which is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is produced by the fungus Trichoderma polysporum.

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