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#Question id: 8680


Giardia intestinalis can cause disease in several different mammalian species, including humans. Giardia organisms (G. intestinalis) that infect humans are similar morphologically to those that infect other mammals, thus they have been considered a single species. However, G. intestinalis has been divided into different subgroups based on their host and a few other characteristics. In 1999, a DNA sequence comparison study tested the hypothesis that these subgroups actually constitute different species. The following phylogenetic tree was constructed from the sequence comparison of rRNA from several subgroups of G. intestinalis and a few other morphologically distinct species of Giardia. The researchers concluded that the subgroups of Giardia are sufficiently different from one another genetically that they could be considered different species


By examining the phylogenetic tree diagrammed in the figure above, what conclusion can you draw about the species G. microti?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. It evolved before G. intestinalis.
  2. It is more closely related to G. muris than to G. intestinalis.
  3. It should not be labeled a species distinct from G. intestinalis.
  4. It is part of a monophyletic group that also includes G. intestinalis.
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Bacteria can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, Several form symbiotic associations with higher plants is given below;

               HOST PLANT                                                                          N-FIXING SYMBIONTS

A) Gunnera                                                                            i) Frankia

      B) Azolla                                                                                ii) Acetobacter

C) Leguminous                                                                     iii) Azospirillum

             D) Actinorhizal                                                                      iv) Nostoc

             E) Sugarcane                                                                         v) Anabaena

             F) Miscanthus                                                                       vi) Sinorhizobium


Which of the following combination with the host plants and n-fixing symbionts is CORRECT?