Question

Cyanobacteria contain chlorophyll, blue pigment, and _____. chloroplasts membrane bound organelles mitochondria carotenoid pigments

Answer 1

Carotenoids. They serve as light harvesting pigments in photosynthesis and the protect against photooxidative damage.

Answer 2

carotenoid pigments is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cyanobacteria contain chlorophyll, blue pigment, and carotenoid pigments.

• Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic and autotrophic bacteria, they prepare their food by a process called photosynthesis.

• They do not have nucleus and organelles.

• In cyanobacteria has various types of pigment are present such as carotenoids, chlorophyll pigment, and phycobilin pigment.

• Cyanobacteria also called blue green algae.
• examples of cyanobacteria are Chroococcales,Oscillatoriales and Prochlorophyta, etc.

Thus, the correct answer carotenoid pigments.