Microorganisms play an active role in the formation of industrial products. Which of the following is mismatched?
A) Rhizobium - increases nitrogen in the soil
B) Penicillium - treatment of disease
C) Saccharomyces cerevisiae - for fermentation
D) Bacillus thuringiensis - insecticide
E) algae - citric acid

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Algae are primarily known for their role in oxygen production and as a part of the aquatic food chain rather than for producing citric acid. Citric acid is mainly produced industrially using fungi, especially strains of Aspergillus niger, not algae.

Microorganisms Play an Active Role in the Formation of Industrial