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Is Penicillium notatum and Penicillium chrysogenum both are same in terms of yield?(a) True(b) FalseThe question was posed to me in an interview for job.I need to ask this question from The Story of Penicillin:How Biologists and Engineers Work Together in section Bioprocess Development of Bioprocess Engineering

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Right option is (b) False

The explanation is: PENICILLIUM chrysogenum and Penicillium notatum both YIELDS Penicillin but P.notatum also yields Notatin, P.notatum which was FIRST DISCOVERED by Fleming but did not produced large amounts of penicillin in contrast to P.chrysogenum.



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