Which Statement About Cyanobacteria and the Photosynthetic Eukaryotes Is False

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Multiple Choice

Which statement about cyanobacteria and the photosynthetic eukaryotes is false?

• A)Both cyanobacteria and the photosynthetic eukaryotes are photoautotrophs.
• B)Both cyanobacteria and the photosynthetic eukaryotes produce oxygen as a by-product of noncyclic photophosphorylation.
• C)Both cyanobacteria and the photosynthetic eukaryotes use carbon dioxide as their source of carbon.
• D)Unlike any photosynthetic eukaryotes, many cyanobacterial species are nitrogen fixers.
• E)The cyanobacteria acquired chloroplasts through endosymbiosis of unicellular eukaryotes.

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