Give suitable examples of the following:
(a) Rod-shaped bacteria (b) Pigments of cyanobacteria (c) Nitrogen fixing monerans.

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(a) Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi .
(b) Chlorophyll a, carotenes, xanthophylls and phycobilins (phycocyanin, allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin).
(c) Azotobacter, Clostridium (bacteria), Anabaena, Nostoc (cyanobacteria).

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a	Free living aerobic nitrogen fixers	1	Anabaena and Nostoc
b	Anaerobic nitrogen fixers	2	Pseudomonas denitrificans and Thiobacillus denitrificans
c	Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria	3	Nitrosomonas and Nitrococcus
d	Denitrifying bacteria	4	Azotobacter and Beijerinckia
e	Nitrifying bacteria	5	Rhodospirillum

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