NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -1. Penicillium mold naturally produces the antibiotic penicillin. 2. Scientists learned to grow Penicillium mold in deep fermentation tanks by adding a kind of sugar and other ingredients.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the fungi most frequently isolated from fermented and cured meat products such as Penicillium chrysogenum and Penicillium nalgiovense are known penicillin producers; the latter has been shown to be able to produce penicillin when growing on the surface of meat products and secrete it to the medium.