MGIMS WARDHA MGIMS WARDHA Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    A bryophyte which harbours a   nitrogen fixing blue-green alga in its thallus is :

    A)  Pogonatum      

    B)  Riccia

    C)   Marchantia      

    D)  Anthoceros

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     A nitrogen fixing blue-green algae Nostoc is found inhabited in the mucilage cavity of     Anthoceros.     Nostoc-Anthoceros association is a highly specialized form of symbiosis in which both the partners are mutually beneficial to each other. Nostoc provide nitrogen to the Anthoceros and Anthoceros provide place to live for Nostoc.


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