The bacteria used for scavenging oil spills by digesting hydrocarbons of crude oil

Rhizobium meliloti

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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Pseudomonas putida

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Escherichia Coli

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Solution

The correct option is C Pseudomonas putida
Pseudomonas putida are facultative anaerobes they are hydrocarbon degraders. They play an important role in the clean‐up after an oil spill and form natural oil‐degrading capacity of the ecosystem. They are well known as the oil-eating microbes.
So the correct answer is 'Pseudomonas putida'.

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	Column I		Column II
(a)	Escherichia coli	(i)	Nif gene
(b)	Rhizobium melitoti	(ii)	Digest hydrocarbons of crude oil
(c)	Bacillus thuringiensis	(iii)	Human insulin production
(d)	Pseudomonas putida	(iv)	Biocontrol of fungal disease
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bacteria that are used to clear oil spills

Bacteria that are useful for cleaning the hydrocarbon and oil pollutants.

Which bacteria among the following is used to clear the oil spills?

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