Measuring Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a method used for:
1. | Estimating the amount of organic matter in sewage water |
2. | Working out the efficiency of oil-driven automobile engines |
3. | Measuring the activity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in producing curd on a commercial scale |
4. | Working out the efficiency of RBCs about their capacity to carry oxygen |
A nitrogen-fixing microbe associated with Azolla in rice fields is:
1. Spirulina
2. Anabaena
3. Frankia
4. Tolypothrix
1. Rhizobium
2. Nostoc
3. Mycorrhiza
4. Agrobacterium
The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields is:
1. Rhizobium
2. Azospirillum
3. Oscillatoria
4. Frankia
The bacteria and mould involved in the work of Alexander Fleming are :-
1. Staphylococci and Penicillium chrysogenum
2. Streptococci and Penicillium chrysogenum
3. Staphylococci and Penicillium notatum
4. Streptococci and Penicillium notatum
Name the product formed by Trichoderma polysporum and give its use.
1. Statins which are used as blood cholesterol lowering agent.
2. Cyclosporin A that is used as immunosuppressive agent.
3. Statins which are used as clot buster.
4. Cyclosporin A that is used to inhibit the enzyme responsible for cholesterol synthesis.
Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
1. Detergents-Lipase
2. Alcohol-Nitrogenase
3. Fruit juice-Pectinase
4. Textile-Amylase
1. bioremediation of contaminated soils
2. reclamation of wastelands
3. gene transfer in higher plants
4. biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens
A genetically engineered micro-organism used successfully in the bioremediation of oil spills is a species of:
1. Pseudomonas
2. Trichoderma
3. Xanthomonas
4. Bacillus