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8.Microbes in Human Welfare
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Yeast is employed for production of
A
Curd
B
Cheese
C
Acetic acid
D
Ethyl alcohol
(AIPMT-1995)
Solution
(d)Brewer's/Beer yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae and wine yeast is Saccharomyces ellipsoideus. They perform alcoholic fermentation
$\mathop {{C_6}{H_{12}}{O_6}}\limits_{{\text{Glucose}}} \mathop {\xrightarrow{{{\text{Yeast}}}}}\limits_{{\text{Zymase}}} \mathop {{C_2}{H_5}OH}\limits_{{\text{Ethyl}}\,{\text{alcohol}}} + 2C{O_2}$
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