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Agriculture · Q74

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 74

Q74

Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter cause nitrification are an obligate

A.
Autotrophic bacteria
Answer
B.
Heterotrophic bacteria
C.
Both A and B
D.
Saprophytes

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are chemoautotrophic organisms found in soil and water and are responsible for the oxidation of ammonium to nitrite by Nitrosomonas and nitrite to nitrate in the presence of Nitrobacter.
These are obligate autotrophs that can obtain energy only by the oxidation of inorganic substrates and that cannot assimilate simple organic substrates, such as acetate, in the same way as carbon dioxide.