All of the following statements concerning the
actinomycetous filamentous soil bacterium Frankia
are correct except that Frankia
(a) can induce root nodules on many plant species
(b) can fix nitrogen in the free-living state
(c) cannot fix specialized vesicles in which the
nitrogenase is protected from oxygen by a
chemical barrier involving triterpene hopanoids
(d) like Rhizobium, it usually infects its host plant
through root hair deformation and stimulates
cell proliferation in the host’s cortex
actinomycetous filamentous soil bacterium Frankia
are correct except that Frankia
(a) can induce root nodules on many plant species
(b) can fix nitrogen in the free-living state
(c) cannot fix specialized vesicles in which the
nitrogenase is protected from oxygen by a
chemical barrier involving triterpene hopanoids
(d) like Rhizobium, it usually infects its host plant
through root hair deformation and stimulates
cell proliferation in the host’s cortex