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A nitrogen fixing microbe associated with the fern Azolla in rice fields isA. SpirulinaB. AnabaenaC. FrankiaD. Tolypothrix

Answer» Correct Answer - B
Anabaena azollae is a free-living nitrogen fixing blue-green alga or cyanobacterium but it may also live symbiotically in the leaf cavities of Azolla, an aquatic , This cyanobacterium has nitrogenase enzyme, therefore can fix nitrogen. If this fern is grown in paddy (rice) fields, a remarkable 50% increase in yield can be noticed.


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