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Microbes In Human Welfare

Question
CBSEENBI12002347

Which one of the following microbes forms symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition?

  • Azotobacter

  • Aspergillus

  • Glomus

  • Trichoderma

Solution

C.

Glomus

Several species of Glomus, including G. aggregatum, are cultured and sold as mycorrhizal inoculant for agricultural soils. Being endomycorrhiza, it helps the plants in the absorption of nutrients especially phosphorus from soil.