Question

Degradation of hydrocarbon is a co-metabolic phenomenon.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in class test.

My doubt stems from Microbial Adaptation to Pesticide Contaminated Environment topic in portion Biodegradation of Pesticides in the Environment of Environmental Biotechnology

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

To elaborate: Degradation of lignocellulose, especially the toxic ones and the hydrocarbon are co-metabolic in nature, co-metabolic phenomenon usually depends on the simultaneous degradation of two compounds, where degradation of the one compound is dependent on the other compound.