Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    The N2 fixing bacterium associated with root nodules of legumes is known as

    A)  Azotobacter    

    B)  Nitrobacter

    C)  Lactobacillus     

    D)  Rhizobium

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    The German physiologist Heleriegel and Wilfarth (1886) found that bacteria inhabiting the nodules of legumes were responsible for the nitrogen fixation. The bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum lives symbiotically in the roots of the leguminous plants. The bacterium Rhizobium infects the root hairs of pulse crops.


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