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Cyanobacteria, these bacteria are photoautotrophic, meaning that they use light energy to build organic sugar from {eq}\rm CO_2 {/eq}. Thus, these bacteria have two types of inclusions that allow them to store {eq}\rm CO_2 {/eq} and also float or sink to the best level to absorb light energy?
a. Polyphosphate and cyanophycin granules
b. Carboxysomes and gas vacuoles
c. Magnetosomes and poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate granules
d. Cigarettes and balloons.
Cyanobacteria:
They are not seen by naked eyes because of comprising the bacterial group. It has the capacity to capture sunlight and undergo photosynthesis. They have pigment chlorophyll a that is similar to plants. They are aquatic prokaryotes.
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