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Q.Which of the following is not a nitrogen fixing organism?
(a) Paramoecium
(b) Anabaena
(c) Azotobacter
(d) Rhizobium
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Biological nitrogen fixation (converting atmospheric N2 into usable ammonia) is carried out by specific bacteria and cyanobacteria — Paramoecium, a protozoan, has no such role.
Nitrogen fixers among the options: Anabaena is a filamentous, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium (uses specialised cells called heterocysts); Azotobacter is a free-living, aerobic, nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium; Rhizobium is a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium living in the root nodules of leguminous plants. Paramoecium, …
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