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  1. An example of nitrogen fixing bacteria in the soil

  2. A.

     Rhizobium

    B.

     Nostoc

    C.

     Azotobacter

    D.

     Nitrobacter

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    Answer : Option C

    Explanation :

    Azotobacter is a genus of usually motile, oval or spherical bacteria that form thick-walled cysts and may produce large quantities of capsular slime. They are aerobic, free-living soil microbes which play an important role in the nitrogen cycle in nature, binding atmospheric nitrogen, which is inaccessible to plants, and releasing it in the form of ammonium ions into the soil (nitrogen fixation).


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