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A particular species of which one of the following, is the source bacterium of the antibiotic, discovered next to penicillin, for the treatment of tuberculosis ?

(a) Escherichia (b) Streptomyces
(c) Rhizobium (d) Nitrobacter

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(b) Streptomyces

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