NEET 2011 · Class 12

Microbes in Human Welfare

Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of

  1. (A)Saccharomyces
  2. (B)Clostridium
  3. (C)Trichoderma
  4. (D)Aspergillus

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

For this purpose the same yeast *Saccharomyces cerevisiae* used for bread-making and commonly called brewer's yeast, is used for fermenting malted cereals and fruit juices, to produce ethanol.

Chapter
Microbes in Human Welfare
Section
8.2 MICROBES IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used for fermenting to produce ethanol, which directly answers the question about commercial ethanol production.

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