Microbes in Human Welfare
- Which one of the following help in absorption of phosphorus from soil by plants?
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Glomus aggregatum is a mycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. Its purpose is to increase the surface area of roots for nutrient absorption like phosphorus.
Correct Option: A
Glomus aggregatum is a mycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. Its purpose is to increase the surface area of roots for nutrient absorption like phosphorus.
- An organism used as a biofertilizer for raising soyabean crops is
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Rhizobium is a nitrogen fixing bacteria, which acts as a biofertilizer in soil to produce soyabean crops.
Correct Option: C
Rhizobium is a nitrogen fixing bacteria, which acts as a biofertilizer in soil to produce soyabean crops.
- In gobar gas, the maximum amount is that of
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In gobar gas the maximum amount of methane which is produced by methanogenic bacteria. Gobar gas is a gas mixture which is generated when organic compounds are fermented in the absence of air (anaerobic fermentation). Biogas contains 50% – 70% methane, 30% – 40% carbon dioxide, and traces of hydrogen, hydrogen sulphide and nitrogen. Methane is a combustible gas, which means it can be burned. It can be used as a fuel for cooking and lighting.
Correct Option: B
In gobar gas the maximum amount of methane which is produced by methanogenic bacteria. Gobar gas is a gas mixture which is generated when organic compounds are fermented in the absence of air (anaerobic fermentation). Biogas contains 50% – 70% methane, 30% – 40% carbon dioxide, and traces of hydrogen, hydrogen sulphide and nitrogen. Methane is a combustible gas, which means it can be burned. It can be used as a fuel for cooking and lighting.
- A nitrogen-fixing microbe associated with Azolla in rice fields is:
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Anabaena azollae resides in the leaf cavities of the fern Anabaena. It fixes nitrogen. A part of the fixed nitrogen is excreted in the cavities and becomes available to the fern. The decaying fern plants release the same for utilization of the rice plants.
Correct Option: B
Anabaena azollae resides in the leaf cavities of the fern Anabaena. It fixes nitrogen. A part of the fixed nitrogen is excreted in the cavities and becomes available to the fern. The decaying fern plants release the same for utilization of the rice plants.
- Which one of the following microbes forms symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition
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Glomus is endomycorrhiza that helps in absorption of nutrition specially phosphorus from soil.
Correct Option: C
Glomus is endomycorrhiza that helps in absorption of nutrition specially phosphorus from soil.