NEET 2016 · Class 12

Microbes in Human Welfare

The primitive prokaryotes responsible for the production of biogas from the dung of ruminant animals, include the

  1. (A)methanogens
  2. (B)eubacteria
  3. (C)halophiles
  4. (D)thermoacidophiles

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

These bacteria are collectively called **methanogens**, and one such common bacterium is *Methanobacterium*.

Chapter
Microbes in Human Welfare
Section
8.4 MICROBES IN PRODUCTION OF BIOGAS
Page
6
Words matched
41 of 41

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that bacteria producing methane from cellulosic material are called methanogens, directly linking methanogens to biogas production from dung.

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