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A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in
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Options:
  • A Cycas
  • B Cicer
  • C Pisum
  • D Alnus
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The correct answer is: Cycas
The coralloid root of Cycas is symbiotically associated with nitrogen fixing blue-green algae, Anabaena cycadae and Nostoc punctiforme. These blue green algae (cyanobacteria) are prokaryotic, photosynthetic and autotrophic.

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