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Read the following statement having two blanks (A and B).
"A drug used for ____(A)____ patients is obtained from a species of the organism ____(B)____."
The one correct option for the two blanks is:
"A drug used for ____(A)____ patients is obtained from a species of the organism ____(B)____."
The one correct option for the two blanks is:
A
Blank-A: Swine flu; Blank-B: $Monascus$
B
Blank-A: AIDS; Blank-B: $Pseudomonas$
C
Blank-A: Heart; Blank-B: $Penicillium$
D
Blank-A: Organ-transplant; Blank-B: $Trichoderma$
Detailed Solution
Cyclosporin A, which is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is produced by the fungus $Trichoderma\ polysporum$. This pair is correct.
$Monascus\ purpureus$ (a yeast) produces statins, which are blood-cholesterol lowering agents, not a drug for swine flu.
$Penicillium$ gives the antibiotic penicillin; the 'clot buster' used for heart patients, streptokinase, comes from the bacterium $Streptococcus$.
No AIDS drug is obtained from $Pseudomonas$.
Hence the correct option is organ-transplant and $Trichoderma$.
$Monascus\ purpureus$ (a yeast) produces statins, which are blood-cholesterol lowering agents, not a drug for swine flu.
$Penicillium$ gives the antibiotic penicillin; the 'clot buster' used for heart patients, streptokinase, comes from the bacterium $Streptococcus$.
No AIDS drug is obtained from $Pseudomonas$.
Hence the correct option is organ-transplant and $Trichoderma$.