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Which statement depicts incorrect characteristic of Cyanobacteria?

Options

  1. AThey have chlorophyll a similar to green plants.
  2. BThey are unicellular, colonial or filamentous form
  3. CMotile specialized cells "heterocysts" are present which can fix atmospheric nitrogen.
  4. DThey form water bloom in polluted water bodies.

Correct answer

C. Motile specialized cells "heterocysts" are present which can fix atmospheric nitrogen.

Step-by-step solution

Cyanobacteria have autotrophic nutrition and can perform photosynthesis with the help of chlorophyll a which is similar in green plants. They may be unicellular, colonial or filamentous forms. Nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria mainly occurs in specialized cells called heterocysts. Heterocysts are large sized, pale coloured, non motile, mucilage free thick walled cells which are impermeable to oxygen. In polluted water bodies the algal bloom is observed due to eutrophication and the cyanobacteria/blue green algae p

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