BHU PMT BHU PMT (Mains) Solved Paper-2008

  • 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 or the biological war known as Bio-war. Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and B. mallei (glanders, the most common biological weapon) were used by WWT Germany, to infect livestock and animal feed exported to Allies. Bacillus subtilis is a denitrificant bacteria (breaks soil nitrates into molecular nitrogen). It reduces soil fertility. Pseudomonas putida is a heterotrophic bacteria of soil. It causes plant disease.


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