All of the following statements concerning the Actinomycetous filamentous soil bacterium Frankia are correct EXCEPT that Frankia:
1. | Forms specialized vesicles in which the nitrogenase is protected from oxygen by a chemical barrier involving triterpene hopanoids |
2. | Can induce root nodules on many plant species |
3. | Like Rhizobium, it usually infects its host plant through root hair deformation and stimulates cell proliferation in the host's cortex |
4. | Cannot fix nitrogen in the free-living state |
Which of the following is a non–symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria?
1. Rhizobium
2. Mycorrhiza
3. Azotobacter
4. Nitrosomonas
If by radiation all nitrogenase enzymes are inactivated, then there will be no:
1. Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
2. Conversion from nitrate to nitrite in legumes
3. Conversion from ammonium to nitrate in soil
4. Fixation of nitrogen in legumes
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria converts:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Plants take zinc in the form of:
1. ZnSO4 | 2. Zn2+ |
3. ZnO | 4. Zn |
The major role of minor elements inside living organisms is to act as:
1. Co-factors of enzymes
2. Building blocks of important amino acids
3. Constituent of hormones
4. Binder of cell structure
Which element is located at the center of the porphyrin ring in chlorophyll?
1. | Calcium | 2. | Magnesium |
3. | Potassium | 4. | Manganese |
Which one of the following mineral elements plays an important role in biological nitrogen fixation:
1. Copper
2. Manganese
3. Zinc
4. Molybdenum
Boron in green plants assists in:
1. Activation of enzymes
2. Acting of enzyme cofactor
3. Photosynthesis
4. Sugar transport
Enzyme first used for nitrogen fixation:
1. Nitrogenase
2. Nitroreductase
3. Transferase
4. Transaminase