J & K CET Medical J & K - CET Medical Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    An example of free living nitrogen fixing aerobic bacteria is

    A)  Clostridium                       

    B)  Rhizobium

    C)  Azotobacter                     

    D)  Rhodospirillum

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     Conversion of molecular nitrogen of the atmosphere into inorganic nitrogenous compounds through the agency of some living organisms is called as biological \[{{N}_{2}}-\]fixation. Azotobacter and Beijerinckia are aerobic free living, saprotrophic (heterotrophic) nitrogen fixing bacteria.


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