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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