NEETBiologyBiological ClassificationMCQ+4 / −1
A free living nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium which can also symbiotic association with the water ferm Azolla is
- ATolypothrix
- BChlorella
- CNostoc
- DAnabaena.
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Correct answer: D
The freshwater fern Azolla harbours Anabaena (a blue green alga) in its leaf cavities. Chlorella is simply a green alga. Nostoc is a free living cyanobacteria involved in N2 fixation and so is Tolypothrix.
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