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Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product?

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Clostridium butylicum - lactic acid
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Aspergillus niger - citric acid
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Yeast - statins
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Acetobacter aceti - acetic acid
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Solution

The correct option is A Clostridium butylicum - lactic acid
The bacterium Clostridium acetylbutylicum, easliy converts any fermentable sugar to butanol and additionally produces hydrogen gas, acetone, isopropyl alcohol. Isopropanol is a product of the organism formerly known as Clostridium butylicum, which is now included in the species Clostridium beijerinckii.

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