Multiple choice

Dextran is synthesised from sucrose by

  1. Leuconostoc mesenteroides
  2. Streptococcus mutans
  3. Xanthomonas campestris

  1. Only 1 and 2

  2. Only 1 and 3

  3. Only 2 and 3

  4. Only 1, 2 and 3

  5. Only 3
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Explanation

Dextran is synthesised from sucrose by certain lactic-acid bacteria, the best-known being Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Streptococcus mutans.

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