Multiple choice

The telluride first discovered as a product of microbial metabolism is

  1. tantalum telluride

  2. thallium(I) telluride

  3. tin telluride

  4. dimethyl telluride
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Dimethyl telluride is an organotelluride compound, formula (CH3)2Te, also known by the abbreviation DMTe. Dimethyl telluride as a product of microbial metabolism was first discovered in 1939. Dimethyl telluride is produced by some fungi and bacteria (Penicillium brevicaule, P. chrysogenum, and P. notatum and the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens).

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