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Penicillin takes its name from the mould:
APenicillium
BAspergillus
CTrichoderma
DSaccharomyces
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Penicillium
1. The antibiotic is named after the organism that makes it.
2. That organism is a mould, not a bacterium.
3. It is Penicillium notatum.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Biology, Chapter 10, Microbes in Human Welfare._
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