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  • Question
  • A heterocyst is


  • Options
  • A. a type of spore
  • B. a terminally differentiated cell that fixes nitrogen
  • C. the progenitor of cyanobacterial vegetative cells
  • D. a cell that carries out oxygenic photosynthesis

  • Correct Answer
  • a terminally differentiated cell that fixes nitrogen 


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    • 1. Some microorganisms have the ability to increase the nitrogen content of soils, are called as

    • Options
    • A. nitrogen fixation
    • B. denitrification
    • C. nitrification
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Most soil protozoa are flagellates or amoebas, having their dominant mode of nitrogen as

    • Options
    • A. ingestion of bacteria
    • B. ingestion of mold
    • C. ingestion of fungi
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. The organisms responsible for the characteristic musty or earth odor of a freshly plowed field is/are

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    • A. Nocardia
    • B. Streptomyces
    • C. Micromonospora
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Denitrification may be distinguished as

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    • A. dissimilative
    • B. assimilative
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. blue baby syndrome
    • Discuss
    • 5. The nitrogenase consists of

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    • A. dinitrogenase
    • B. dinitrogenase reductase
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. The diagnostic enzyme for nitrogen-fixing organisms is

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    • A. nitrogenase
    • B. nitrate reductase
    • C. nitrate oxidase
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The groups of bacteria which have the ability to fix nitrogen from air to soil are

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    • A. symbiotic
    • B. nonsymbiotic
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The transformation of nitrates to gaseous nitrogen is accomplished by microorganisms in a series of biochemical reactions. The process is known as

    • Options
    • A. nitrification
    • B. denitrification
    • C. nitrogen fixation
    • D. ammonification
    • Discuss
    • 9. The population of algae in soil is __________ that of either bacteria or fungi.

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    • A. generally smaller than
    • B. generally greater than
    • C. equal to
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The nonsymbiotic bacteria which fix nitrogen live in the soil independently are

    • Options
    • A. Azotobacter
    • B. Clostridium
    • C. considerably less important in comparison to the symbiotic bacteria
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss


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