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1
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What are cryptogams

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The are plants or plant like organisms that reproduce by spores

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Bacteria that convert organic nitrogen to ammonia are called

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Amonifying bacteria
Eg B. Ramosus, B vulgaris

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3
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Nitrifying bacteria convert

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Ammonia to nitrate

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4
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Function of Nitrobacter and nitrosomonas is

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Convert ammonia to nitrate

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Bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia is called

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Nitrogen fixing bacteria
Azotobacter
Clostridium
Rhizobium

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Clostridium acetobutylicum is used in

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Preparation of alchohols

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Acetobacter aceti in sugar cane is used to prepare what

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Vinegar

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8
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Lactobacillus lacti is used in

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Preparation of butter/cheese

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9
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Which bacteria is used to produce tea, coffee and tobacco

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Micrococcus

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10
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Clostridium butylicum is used to

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Used to isolate fibres from hemp after rotten the stem

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11
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Saline and alkaline wastelands can be reclaimed using

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Blue green algae

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12
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Phylum proteobacteria are able to

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Decompose material into individual chemical components in waste water

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13
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Tuberculosis is caused by

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Mycobacteria tuberclosis

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14
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Eberthela typhosa causes

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Typhoid

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15
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Tetanus is caused by

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Clostridium tetani

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16
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Shigella dysenteriae causes

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Dysentry

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17
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Influenza is caused by

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Hemophilous influenzea

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18
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Corynebacterium diphtheria causes

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Diphtheria

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19
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Pneumonia is caused by

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Diplococats pneumonias

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20
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Vibrio cholerae causes

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Cholera

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21
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Gonorrhoea is caused by

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Gonococcus

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22
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Plague is caused by

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Bacillus pestis

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23
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Bacterial diseases of plants include

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Citrus canker, fire blight of pear, cotton root rot, cowper blight ets

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24
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Bacillus denitrificans cause

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They cause soil denitrification by reducing nitrates and ammonium salts to free nitrogen

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25
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The fungus beauveria bassiana is a pesticide used to control

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Spread of emerald Ash borer

26
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What is mycorrhiza

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This is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a plant

27
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What is saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Brewer’s and baker’s yeast

28
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What is cyclosporine

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An Immunosuppressant gotten from fungi

29
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What is nuerospora crassa

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Red bread mold
Was used to achieve many advances in modern genetics

30
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What are ergot alkaloids

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They are used to treat severe headaches

31
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Which compound found in which fungi are used for their hallucinogenic property

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Psilocybin in psilocybe semilanceata and gymnopilus junonius

32
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Porphyra (nori) and spirulina are

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Important source of food especially to coastal countries

33
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Algae are rich in which vitamins

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Niacin (B2)
Vitamin C
Folic acid(B9)
Iodine

34
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Iodine is a precursor for

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Thyroxine

35
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Brown algae used as feed supplements include

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Fucus,laminaria and Ascophyllum nodusum

36
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Industrial products of algae include

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Agar
Carragean
Alginate
Diatomite

37
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Chlorellin is produced by

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Chlorella Vulgaris and is used as an antibacterial

38
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Algae used in sewage oxidation ponds include

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Chlorella
Chlamydomonas
Scenedesmus
Euglena

39
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What is applied in carbon dioxide sequestration

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Algae

40
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Atrichum,pogonatum, trematodon etc play a role as ___

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Inhibitors of soil erosion due to their trample resistant nature and regenerative ability

41
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Ornamental water flowers are made from

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Dried plants of climacium japonicum

42
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What is used from treating cuts, burns and wounds

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Mosses mixed with fat and honey

43
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Spores of mosses are used in

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Finger print powder
Flash photography powder

44
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Ruhmora adiantiform is used In

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Flower arrangements
Aka florists fern

45
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Petiole of dryopteris yields

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Anthelmintic drugs

46
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Sporocarp of marsilea is rich in

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Starch and eaten for nutritive values

47
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Azolla is

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Used as nitrogen fixer in agriculture

48
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Stem of cycas revoluta is a good source of what

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Starch

49
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Stem and seeds of cycas revoluta is used in

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Making wine

50
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Zamia is also a rich source of

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Starch

51
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Anti cancerous drug taxol is obtained from

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Bark of taxus

52
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Pollen grains of some cycas have

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Narcotic effects

53
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Ephedrine is used in treatment of

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Cold and cough

54
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What is an important source of pulp wood

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Spruce or picea

55
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What is used in making pencils scales and holders

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Wood of juniperus

56
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Bark of larix yields

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Tannin

57
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Turpentine is obtained from

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Abies balsemea

58
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What is used in making wooden spring musical instruments

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Wood of red spruce

59
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Sugar comes exclusively from

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Sugarcane and sugar beets

60
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Lawsonia inermis is used as

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Beautification material

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