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Q.

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

  1. A

    Commensalism

  2. B

    Parasitism

  3. C

    Mutualism

  4. D

    Amensalism

Solution

Amensalism/Antibiosis (0, –)

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

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

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