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Question
CBSEENBI12002849

Which one of the following population interactions is widely used in medical science for the production of antibiotics?

  • Commensalism

  • Mutualism

  • Amensalism

  • Parasitism

Solution

C.

Amensalism

Amensalism/Antibiosis (0, –)

Antibiotics are chemicals secreted by one microbial group (eg : Penicillium) which harm other microbes (eg :Staphylococcus)

It has no effect on Penicillium or the organism which produces it.