NEET Biology question

Vitamin-C was the first vitamin to be produced by a fermentation process using

(A)Penicillium
(B)E. coli
(C)Yersinia pestis
(D)AcetobacterCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

In the classical Reichstein process for industrial vitamin C (ascorbic acid) synthesis, the bacterium *Acetobacter suboxydans* is used to carry out a fermentative oxidation

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