Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of:

Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of:
A Rhodospirillum
B Spirogyra
C Chlamydomonas
D Ulva

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Rhodospirillum is a purple non-sulphur bacterium. It does not use water as the electron donor, so no oxygen is evolved (anoxygenic photosynthesis).
Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas and Ulva are algae with oxygenic photosynthesis.

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