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प्रश्न
How is soil pollution controlled by microbes?
उत्तर
- Acid rain is rainwater containing harmful amounts of sulphuric acid and nitric acid.
- Some species of bacteria like Acidiphilium and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, use sulphuric acid as a source of energy.
- Introduction of such bacteria in soil polluted by acid rain can make the soil fertile again.
- Also, soil pollution occurring due to chemical fertilizers can be prevented due to use of these microbial inoculants.
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