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Questions Related to use of microbes in biotechnology

The new strain of bacteria produced by biotechnology in alcohol industry is.

  1. Escheriachia coil

  2. Sacharomyces cerevisiae

  3. Bacillus subtills

  4. Pseudomonas putida


Correct Option: D

Progenitors formed in bone marrow but differentiating elsewhere are

  1. Pre-NK cells

  2. Pre-erythroblasts

  3. Pre-T cells

  4. Myeloblasts


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pre T cells are progenitors of T- lymphocytes which are produced from the bone marrow. Pre- T cells undergo differentiation and maturation in the thymus to form matured T- cells. T-cells can be distinguished from other lymphocytes by the presence of a T-cell receptor on the cell surface.  Hence, Progenitors formed in bone marrow but differentiating elsewhere are Pre-T cells.

So, the correct answer is 'Pre-T cells'.

Yeast is not an important source of

  1. vitamin C

  2. vitamin B

  3. vitamin A

  4. vitamin D


Correct Option: A,B,D