NEET2014BotanyBiological ClassificationActual
Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of:
Options
- ARhodospirillum
- BSpirogyra
- CChlamydomonas
- DUlva
Correct answer
A. Rhodospirillum
Step-by-step solution
The photosynthetic bacteria respire without oxygen. No oxygen is evolved in bacterial photosynthesis. Water is not used as a source of reducing power. Instead, hydrogen is obtained either directly or from various types of inorganic and organic compounds, e.g., H2S, aliphatic compounds. Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of Rhodospirillum . It is a non-oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria.