WB JEE Medical WB JEE Medical Solved Paper-2013

  • question_answer
    Pigment-containing memberanous extensions in some cyanobacteria are

    A)  heterocysts      

    B)  basal bodies

    C)  pneumatophores

    D)  chromatophores

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Cyanobacteria contain chlorophyll but the chlorophyll is not located in chloroplasts, rather it is found in chromatophores, infolding of   the   plasma   membrane,   where photosynthesis is carried out. Heterocysts are specialised nitrogen fixing cells formed by some filamentous cyanobacteria such as Nostoc. A basal body is an organelle formed from a centriole and a short cylindrical array of microtubules. Pneumatophores are lateral roots that grow upward for varying distance and function as the site of oxygen intake for the submerged primary roots,


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