Q: (IAS/2021)
question_subject:
Science
question_exam:
IAS
stats:
0,97,93,97,10,8,75
keywords:
{'synthetic medium': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'bacteria': [4, 1, 2, 3], 'fungi': [1, 1, 2, 3], 'virus': [4, 0, 0, 1]}
Only option (a) is correct, i.e., bacteria and fungi can be cultured in artificial/synthetic medium. Viruses require living cells to reproduce, so they cannot be cultured in an artificial/synthetic medium.