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Name a photoautotrophic bacterium.

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Understanding Photoautotrophic Bacteria**: - The term "photoautotrophic" can be broken down into two parts: "photo" meaning light and "autotrophic" meaning self-nourishing. This indicates that these bacteria can produce their own food using light energy. 2. **Function of Photoautotrophic Bacteria**: - Photoautotrophic bacteria are capable of converting sunlight into chemical energy. They utilize sunlight to synthesize their own food through a process similar to photosynthesis. ...
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  2. Who discovered the phenomenon of transformation in bacteria and in wh...

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  3. Name a photoautotrophic bacterium.

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  5. Name the scientists who discovered sexual reproduction in bacteria.

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  7. Name the two microbiologists who discovered transduction.

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  8. Name a rod shaped bacterium which has the capacity to produce endospo...

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  9. Name any two diseases caused by bacteria.

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  10. Name the nitrogen fixing bacterium of root nodule in a leguminous pla...

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  11. Give an example of chemosynthetic bacterium.

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  12. Name the protein present in the flagella of bacteria.

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  13. Name a Gram -ve and a Gram +ve bacteria.

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  14. Name a symbiotic bacterium.

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  15. Name a chemoautotrophic bacterium.

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  16. Name the bacteria responsible for the following diseases : typhoid, te...

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  17. Name the bacterium that causes citrus canker.

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  18. Name the first bacteriologist.

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  19. Name the two important groups into which Kingdom Monera has been divi...

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  20. Name the three groups into which Archaebacteria has been categorised.

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