Question 5 — Identify the following microorganisms - Questions at the end of the chapter - The Invisible Living World: Beyond Our Naked Eye

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Q 5
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Identify the following microorganisms:

(i) I live in every kind of environment, and inside your gut.
(ii) I make bread and cakes soft and fluffy.
(iii) I live in the roots of pulse crops and provide nutrients for their growth.

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Clue The microorganism
(i) I live in every kind of environment, and inside your gut. Bacteria
(ii) I make bread and cakes soft and fluffy. Yeast (a fungus)
(iii) I live in the roots of pulse crops and provide nutrients. Rhizobium (a bacterium)
(i) Bacteria   (ii) Yeast   (iii) Rhizobium bacteria

Explanation

  • (i) Bacteria live everywhere, including inside our gut.
  • (ii) Yeast releases carbon dioxide that makes bread and cakes fluffy.
  • (iii) Rhizobium lives in the root nodules of pulses and gives them nutrients.
The three are bacteria, yeast, and Rhizobium bacteria.
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