.. Read the following passage and answer questions from 11(i) to 11 (iv). The main sources of b...
0.. Read the following passage and answer questions from 11(i) to 11 (iv).
The main sources of biofertilisers are bacteria, fungi and cyanobacteria. In one of the biology class based on biofertilisers, teachers gave a list of microorganisms to student and students were asked to classify organisms into different categories. Below is the list given by teacher :
Beijerinckia, Anabaena, Frankia, Bacillus polymyxa, Glomus, Rhizobium, Rhodospirillum, Nostoc.
The students classified the microorganisms as follows:
A - Saprotrophic, photoautotrophic nitrogen fixer in the fields of cotton
B - Photoautotrophic only
C - Forms root nodules with legume/non-legume plants
D - Symbiotic association of cyanobacteria and plants
E - Releases phosphate from bound and insoluble states
Which of the following is correct about ' \( E \) '?
(A) These are microphos biofertilisers.
(B) Pseudomonas striata also comes under the category of ' \( E \) '
(C) They only aid in nitrogen nutrition in plants.
(D) Both (a) and (b).
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