Members of this Gram-positive bacterial genus grow as branched hyphae (mycelia).
Group of answer choices
Mycobacterium
Streptomyces
Saccharomyces
Bacillus
Treponema
Xenorhabdus
Candida
ANS. The correct option is Streptomyces .Streptomyces is a bacterial genus that grow as hypae or mycelium Streptomyces is found in soil abundantly and it tends to produce spores, mycelium .It is rod like in shape and has filamentous look and hence resembles to fungus.It is aerobic in nature.It decomposes raw material to get energy and nutritients.Even its life cycle is also having resemblance with that of fungi life cycle.It produces many secondary metabolites and antibiotics .
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