DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2009

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    Which of the following is a free living nitrogen fixing bacterium present in the soil?

    A)  Nitrosomonas    

    B)  Rhizobium

    C)  Assotobacter      

    D)  Pseudomonas

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    The  genus Azotobacter  comprises large, free living, Gram negative, obiigately aerobic, rod shaped bacteria which are capable for fixation of nitrogen non-symbiotically. Rhizobium is a symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria, Nitrosomonas is a nitrifying bacteria, while Pseudomonas sp. is denitrifying bacteria.


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