BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2010

  • question_answer
    Most widely used bioweapon is

    A)  Bacillus subtilis

    B)  Pseudomonas putida

    C)  Bacillus anthracis

    D)  None of the above

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Bioweapons (biological weapons) are the harmful organisms, viruses, bacteria, etc, that can be used against humans and or their crops and animals as the biological war known as Bio-war. Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and B. mallei (glanders, the most common biological weapons) were used by Germany in World War-1, to infect livestock and animal feed exported to Allies countries. Bacillus subtilis is a denitrificant bacteria (breaks soil nitrates into molecular nitrogen). It reduces soil fertility. Pseudomonas is a heterotrophic bacteria of soil. It causes plant disease. 


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