Which of these is a nitrogen-fixing filamentous cyanobacterium?
AParamecium
BRhizopus
CNostoc
DEuglena
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Nostoc
Nostoc is a filamentous cyanobacterium with heterocysts that fix nitrogen.
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