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  1. A nonphotosynthetic aerobic nitrogen fixing soil bacterium is
    1. Rhizobium
    2. Clostridium
    3. Azotobacter
    4. Klebsiella
Correct Option: C

Azotobacter is a free living soil bacterium able to take up dinitrogen from the soil and fix it into organic nitrogenous material like aminoacid. Clostridium is anaerobic free living soil N2 fixing bacteria. Rhizobium is symbiotic N2 fixing bacteria.



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