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Chemical Properties of Carbon

Ethanol is ox...

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Ethanol is oxidised with bacterial strains like acetobacter to produce _____.

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Acetic acid

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B

Curd

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C

Kefir

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Alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is A Acetic acid

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