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Which microbe is used to produce statins that are being used as blood cholesterol lowering agents?

  1. Monascus purpureus

  2. Trichoderma polysporum

  3. Byssochalmys fulva

  4. Streptococcus

  5. Saccharomyces fragalis

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Monascus purpureus is used to produce statins, which are now being commercialised as blood cholesterol lowering agents.

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