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Microbes in Human Welfare · Question 45

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1

Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of :

  1. Clostridium
  2. Trichoderma
  3. Aspergillus
  4. Saccharomyces

Answer

(4) Saccharomyces

Solution

As per NCERT, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used for the commercial production of ethanol.

( Clostridium butylicum ⇒ butyric acid; Trichoderma polysporum ⇒ cyclosporin A; Aspergillus niger ⇒ citric acid.)

Answer: (4)

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2

Continuous addition of sugars in 'fed batch' fermentation is done to :

  1. obtain antibiotics
  2. produce methane
  3. purify enzymes
  4. degrade sewage
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3

Organisms called Methanogens are most abundant in a :

  1. Polluted stream
  2. Hot spring
  3. Cattle yard
  4. Sulphur rock
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4

Which one of the following helps in absorption of phosphorus from soil by plants?

  1. Glomus
  2. Rhizobium
  3. Frankia
  4. Anabaena
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5

An example of endomycorrhiza is -

  1. Nostoc
  2. Rhizobium
  3. Glomus
  4. Agaricus
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
6

Select the correct statement from the following:

  1. Methanobacterium is an aerobic bacterium found in rumen of cattle
  2. Activated sludge-sediment in settlement tanks of sewage treatment plant is a rich source of aerobic bacteria
  3. Biogas, commonly called gobar gas, is pure methane
  4. Biogas is produced by the activity of aerobic bacteria on animal waste
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7

A common biocontrol agent for the control of plant diseases is –

  1. Bacillus thuringiensis
  2. Trichoderma
  3. Glomus
  4. Baculovirus
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8

The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields is –

  1. Azospirillum
  2. Frankia
  3. Rhizobium
  4. Oscillatoria
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9

Which one of the following is not used in organic farming ?

  1. Earthworm
  2. Oscillatoria
  3. Snail
  4. Glomus
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10

Which of the following is a symbiotic nitrogen fixer?

  1. Azotobacter
  2. Frankia
  3. Azolla
  4. Glomus
AIPMT 2009
11

Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

  1. Detergents – lipase
  2. Fruit juice – pectinase
  3. Alcohol – nitrogenase
  4. Textile – amylase
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