Organisms and Populations Question 37
37. Which one of the following population interactions is widely used in medical science for the production of antibiotics?
(a) Commensalism
(b) Mutualism
(c) Amensalism
(d) Parasitism
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Answer : c
Hints & Solutions
(c) Amensalism/antibiosis, association between organisms of two different species in which one is inhibited or destroyed and the other is unaffected. These are chemicals secreted by one microbial group (eg : Penicillium) which harm other microbes (eg : Staphylococcus). It has no effect on Penicillium or the organism which produces it.
