NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyBiological ClassificationPractice
Chemosynthetic bacteria are those bacteria which
Options
- Ado not carry out photosynthesis
- Bsynthesize food without light
- Care unable to carry out chemical reactions
- Dcarry out synthesis food in the presence of light
Correct answer
B. synthesize food without light
Step-by-step solution
Chemosynthetic bacteria oxides various inorganic substances such as nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia and use the released energy for their ATP production. They play a very important role in recycling nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus iron and sulphur. These bacteria do not possess photosynthetic pigments. They obtain carbon from organic compounds made by other organisms. They include nitrifying bacteria (Nitrosomes, Nitrobacter), iron bacteria (Ferrobacillus, Leptothrix), hydrogen bacteria, i.e., methanogens (Hydr