NEET 2013
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2013
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Microbes in Human Welfare
NEET 2013 · Zoology · Microbes in Human Welfare
A good producer of citric acid is
A good producer of citric acid is
Options
- AAspergittus
- BPseudomonas
- CClostridium
- DSaccharomyces
Correct answer
A. Aspergittus
Step-by-step solution
A good producer of citric acid is Aspergitus niger (a fungus). Clostridium produces butyric acid, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used for bread baking fermenting malted cereals and fruit juices to produce ethanol. Pseudomonas (a bacterium) is used in vitamin- production.