Which of the following is not an antibiotic?

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(C) Antibiotics are chemical substances produced by some microbes and can kill or retard the growth of other disease-causing microbes.$A$. Griseofulvi

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Citric acid

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(C) Antibiotics are chemical substances produced by some microbes and can kill or retard the growth of other disease-causing microbes.$A$. Griseofulvin is an antifungal antibiotic.$B$. Cephalosporin is a well-known group of antibiotics.$C$. Citric acid is an organic acid produced by the fungus $Aspergillus$ $niger$,not an antibiotic.$D$. Streptomycin is an antibiotic produced by $Streptomyces$ $griseus$.Therefore,Citric acid is not an antibiotic.

List-$I$	List-$II$
$(a)$ Aspergillus niger	$(i)$ Acetic Acid
$(b)$ Acetobacter aceti	$(ii)$ Lactic Acid
$(c)$ Clostridium butylicum	$(iii)$ Citric Acid
$(d)$ Lactobacillus	$(iv)$ Butyric Acid

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