CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2023
Which of the following mico-organism is used to produce statins, a blood-cholesterol lowering agent ?
- A Trichoderma polysporum
- B Monascus purpureus
- C Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- D Clostridium butylicum
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(B) Monascus purpureus
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