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Bread dough is fermented using the baker's yeast:

ATrichoderma polysporum
BSaccharomyces cerevisiae
CAspergillus niger
DPenicillium notatum
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
1. The same yeast is brewer's yeast. 2. Saccharomyces cerevisiae ferments the dough. 3. It also makes ethanol from malted cereals. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 10, Microbes in Human Welfare._
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