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(D) The term "antibiotic" was coined by the American microbiologist $Selman Waksman$ in $1942$. An antibiotic is a substance produced by a microorgani

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(D) The term "antibiotic" was coined by the American microbiologist $Selman Waksman$ in $1942$. An antibiotic is a substance produced by a microorganism that, in low concentrations, inhibits or kills other microorganisms. While $Alexander Fleming$ discovered the first antibiotic, $Penicillin$, it was $Selman Waksman$ who introduced the term to describe these compounds.

Column-$I$	Column-$II$
$(a)$ Brown rust of wheat	$(i)$ Virus
$(b)$ Tobacco mosaic	$(ii)$ Bacteria
$(c)$ Black rot of crucifers	$(iii)$ Fungi
$(d)$ Red rot of sugarcane

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