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CUET Preparation Today
| Citric acid is produced by which of the following? |
Clostridium butylicum. Aspergillus niger . Acetobacter aceti . Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Aspergillus niger . |
| Microbes are also used for commercial and industrial production of certain chemicals like organic acids, alcohols and enzymes. Examples of acid producers are Aspergillus niger (a fungus) of citric acid, Acetobacter aceti (a bacterium) of acetic acid; Clostridium butylicum (a bacterium) of butyric acid and Lactobacillus (a bacterium) of lactic acid. Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is used for commercial production of ethanol. |
