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Agriculture · Q231

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 231

Q231

Cellulose degraders are

A.
Trichoderma viridae
B.
Trichurus
C.
Paecilomyces
D.
All of the above
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Cellulose degraders are the organisms that can decompose cellulose, cellulose degradation is carried out by the enzymes called “cellulases”, responsible for the hydrolysis of β-1,4-linkages present in cellulose.
Some of the cellulose degraders are Trichoderma viridae, Trichurus and Paecilomyces.