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  • Question
  • The breakdown of cattle manure in biogas is accomplished by which of the following type of bacteria?


  • Options
  • A. Hydrolytic
  • B. Transitional
  • C. methanogenic
  • D. All of these

  • Correct Answer
  • All of these 


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    • 1. Syntrophism involves

    • Options
    • A. exchange of nutrients between two species
    • B. exchange of nutrients among species
    • C. no exchange of nutrients between two species
    • D. no exchange of nutrients among species
    • Discuss
    • 2. The diagnostic enzyme for denitrification is

    • Options
    • A. nitrate reductase
    • B. nitrate oxidase
    • C. nitro oxidoreductase
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following statement is not true about composition of biogas?

    • Options
    • A. It is composed almost exclusively of methane and carbon dioxide
    • B. It also contains with traces of H2S, N2, H2and CO
    • C. It also contains with traces of O2 and Cl2
    • D. Both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is capable of oxidizing sulfur to sulfates?

    • Options
    • A. Thiobacillus thiooxidans
    • B. Desulfotomaculum
    • C. Rhodospirillum
    • D. Rhodomicrobium
    • Discuss
    • 5. Nitrifying bacteria can not be isolated directly by the usual techniques employed to isolate hetrotrophic bacteria. The reasons may be due to

    • Options
    • A. slow growth
    • B. medium growth
    • C. fast growth
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is correct?

    • Options
    • A. Mycorrhizae are fungi that form a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with plant roots
    • B. The fungi aid in transmitting nutrients and water to the plant roots
    • C. The increased nutrient availability from mycorrhizae is thought to be due to the additional absorbing surface provided by the fungi
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The microbial ecosystem of soil includes

    • Options
    • A. biotic components of soil
    • B. abiotic components of soil
    • C. biotic and abiotic components of soil
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The phenomenon of commensalism refers to a relationship between organisms in which

    • Options
    • A. one species of a pair benefits
    • B. both the species of a pair benefit
    • C. one species of a pair is more benefited
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. __________ play a key role in the transformation of rock to soil.

    • Options
    • A. Cyanobacteia
    • B. Pectin decomposing bacteria
    • C. Nitrifying bacteria
    • D. De-nitrifying bacteria
    • Discuss
    • 10. The conversion of molecular nitrogen into ammonia is known as

    • Options
    • A. nitrification
    • B. denitrification
    • C. nitrogen fixation
    • D. ammonification
    • Discuss


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