Biological-Classification-And-System-Of-Classification Question 905
Question: Yeast is employed for production of [CBSE PMT 1995; MP PMT 1996; CPMT 1998]
Options:
A) Curd
B) Cheese
C) Acetic acid
D) Ethyl alcohol
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
Brewer’s/Beer yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae and wine yeast is Saccharomyces ellipsoideus.
They perform alcoholic fermentation $ \underset{Glucose}{\mathop{C_6H_{12}O_6}},\underset{Zymase}{\mathop{\xrightarrow{Yeast}}},\underset{Ethyl,alcohol}{\mathop{C_2H_5OH}},+2CO_2 $ .