Which of the following is a non–symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria?
1. Rhizobium
2. Mycorrhiza
3. Azotobacter
4. Nitrosomonas
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria converts:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Select the mismatch:
1. Rhodospirillum - Mycorrhiza
2. Anabaena - Nitrogen fixer
3. Rhizobium - Alfalfa
4. Frankia - Alnus
Study the cycle shown below and select the option which gives correct words for all the four blanks A, B, C and D:
(A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | |
1. | Denitrification | Ammonification | Plant biomass |
Animal biomass |
2. | Nitrification | Denitrification | Animal biomass |
Plant biomass |
3. | Denitrification | Nitrification | Plant biomass |
Animal biomass |
4. | Nitrification | Ammonification | Animal biomass |
Plant biomass |
Thiobacillus is a group of bacteria helpful in carrying out:
1. Denitrification | 2. Nitrogen fixation |
3. Chemoautotrophic fixation | 4. Nitrification |
The first stable product of fixation of atmospheric nitrogen in leguminous plants is
1.
2. ammonia
3.
4. glutamate
The free-living, anaerobic nitrogen-fixer is
1. Beijerinckia
2. Rhodospirillum
3. Rhizobium
4. Azotobacter
In Glycine max, the product of biological nitrogen fixation is transported from the root nodules to other parts as:
1. Ammonia
2. Glutamate
3. Nitrates
4. Ureides
A nitrogen fixing microbe associated with Azolla in rice fields is
1. Spirulina
2. Anabaena
3. Frankia
4. Tolypothrix
Which of the following bacteria reduces nitrate in soil into nitrogen?
1. Nitrobacter
2. Thiobacillus
3. Nitrococcus
4. Nitrosomonas