Q. Oxygenic photosynthesis occurs in

A) Chromatium
B) Oscillatoria
C) Rhodospirillum
D) Chlorobium
Explanation

Oscillatoria is a photosynthetic cyanobacterium. In this, photosynthesis water is electron donor and oxygen is a byproduct, i.e., oxygenic photosynthesis occurs. Rhodospirillum and Chlorobium are non-oxygenic photosynthetic, purple non-sulphur and green-sulphur bacteria. Chromatium is purple sulphur bacterium and also non-oxygenic photosynthetic.

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