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Find out the name of the microbes from which Cyclosporin A (an immunosuppressive drug) and Statins (blood cholesterol lowering agents) are obtained.

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Drug

Function

Microbe

1.

Cyclosporine −A

Immuno suppressive drug

Trichoderma polysporum

2.

Statin

Blood cholesterol lowering agent

Monascus purpureus

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