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Biology Question on Kingdom Fungi

Most of the broad spectrum antibiotics have been obtained from

A

Actinomycetes

B

bacilli

C

spirochaetes

D

archaebacteria

Answer

Actinomycetes

Explanation

Solution

Most of the broad spectrum antibiotics like streptomycin, erythromycin, chloromycin, tetracycline, aureomycin, etc, are obtained from different species of Streptomyces which belong to Actinomycetes.