Microorganisms are used during which stage of the purification of the sewage water?

(1) Primary treatment

(2) Secondary treatment

(3) None of the above

(4) Both (1) and (2)

Subtopic:  Microbes in Sewage Treatment |
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Big holes in Swiss cheese are made by a:

1. a machine
2. a bacterium that produces methane gas
3. a bacterium producing a large amount of carbon dioxide
4. a fungus that releases a lot of gases during its metabolic activities.
Subtopic:  Microbes in Household Products |
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The residue left after methane production from cattle dung is:

1. burnt

2. burried in land fills

3. used as manure

4. used in civil construction

Subtopic:  Microbes in Production of Biogas |
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The free-living fungus Trichoderma can be used for:

1. killing insects

2. biological control of plant diseases

3. controlling butterfly caterpillars

4. producing antibiotics

Subtopic:  Microbes in Biocontrol Agent |
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Identify the incrrectly matched pair:

1. Trichoderma harzianum -  Biocontrol

2. Aspergillus niger  - source of citric acid

3. Baculovirus - narrow spectrum species specific insecticides

4. Monascus purpureus - source of cholesterol synthesizing enzyme

Subtopic:  Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules |
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair 

1.

Baculoviruses

 Species specific, broad spectrum insecticides

2.

Trichoderma

Free living fungi common in root ecosystems

3.

Ladybird

Biocontrol of aphids

4.

Organic farming

Pests kept at manageable levels rather than completely eradicated

Subtopic:  Microbes in Biocontrol Agent |
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An important biofertilizer in paddy fields is :

1. Azospirillum

2. Azotobacter

3. Anabaena

4. Rhizobium

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
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Identify the incorrect matched pair:

1. Trichoderma harzianum: Cyclosporin A

2. Monascus purpureus: Statins

3. Aspergillus niger: Citric acid

4. Streptococcus pyogenes: Clot buster

Subtopic:  Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules |
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

1

Streptococcus

Clot buster

2.

Monascus purpureus

Statins

3.

Trichoderma harziamum

Immunosuppressant

4.

Aspergillus niger

Citric acid

Subtopic:  Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules |
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Gases found in biogas are:
1. Carbon dioxide is the only gas
2. Methane is the only gas
3. Carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and Methane
4. Carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide and Methane

Subtopic:  Microbes in Production of Biogas |
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