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Agriculture · Q943

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 943

Q943

For the first time who isolated bacteria from root nodule?

A.
Bossingault
B.
Beijerinck
Answer
C.
Virtanen
D.
Winogradsky

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Beijernick, a Dutch microbiologist and botanist was the one who isolated bacteria from root nodules for the first time.
He discovered new types of bacteria from soil and described biological nitrogen fixation.
He was the first to recognize that viruses are reproducing entities that are different from other organisms.