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Multiple choice biology the world of microbes medicinal use of microorganisms use of microorganisms in medicine vaccines

A particular species of which one of the following is the source bacterium of the antibiotic discovered next to penicillin for the treatment of tuberculosis?

  1. Escherichia

  2. Streptomyces

  3. Rhizobium

  4. Nitrobacter
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Streptomycin, discovered by Selman Waksman, was the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis and is derived from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus.