Q. Parasitism results from competition among organisms for essential nutrients.

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Q. The dominant mineral particles in most soils are compounds of _____________

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Q. Bacteria are likely to be more prevalent in soils of vineyards, orchards and apiaries.

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Q. Which of the following organisms are known to grow on the surfaces of freshly exposed rocks?

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Q. Ammonia oxidizers and nitrite oxidizers are ________________________

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Q. Alanine gives pyruvic acid on deamination.

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Q. How much time does nitrifying bacteria requires to grow at an incubation of 250 to 300 C?

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Q. Nitrosococcus nitrosus is a nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.

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Q. Which among the following is not an ammonia-oxidizing bacteria?

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Q. Agrobacterium is involved in which of the following processes?

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Q. Which of the following conditions decreases the level of denitrification?

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Q. Which of the following are not the features of component II of nitrogenase enzyme complex?

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Q. Which of the following is a symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria?

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Q. Which among the following are the most important agents for carbon dioxide fixation?

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Q. Fresh air contains approximately ______ percent carbon dioxide by volume.

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Q. Cellulose is degraded to cellobiose by the enzyme __________________

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Q. The amount of organic material in the forest soil remains approximately the same from year to year.

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Q. In carbon cycle flow of energy is _________________

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Q. Cellobiose is metabolized directly by many microorganisms.

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Q. Cysteine breaks down in presence of cysteine desulfurase to give _________________

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