Which of the following is not a yeast?

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(C) $Saccharomyces cerevisiae$ is a well-known yeast used in the baking and brewing industries.$Monascus purpureus$ is a yeast used for the production

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Trichoderma polysporum

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(C) $Saccharomyces cerevisiae$ is a well-known yeast used in the baking and brewing industries.$Monascus purpureus$ is a yeast used for the production of commercially available blood-cholesterol lowering statins.$Trichoderma polysporum$ is a fungus (not a yeast) used to produce cyclosporin $A$.$Penicillium notatum$ is a mold (fungus) used to produce penicillin.However,in the context of typical microbiology questions regarding industrial microbes,$Trichoderma polysporum$ and $Penicillium notatum$ are filamentous fungi. Since the question asks which is not a yeast,and both $C$ and $D$ are fungi,$Trichoderma polysporum$ is the most commonly cited non-yeast fungus in this specific chapter context for industrial production.

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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