Photosynthesis Question 7
7. Pigment-containing membranous extensions in some cyanobacteria are :
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(a) Basal bodies
(b) Pneumatophores
(c) Chromatophores
(d) Heterocysts
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Answer : c
Hints & Solution
(c) In some photoautotrophic bacteria, bacteriochlorophyll and bacteriophaeophytin or bacterioviridin pigments containing membraneous extensions called chromatophores are present. These are sites of bacterial photosynthesis.
