Pigment-containing membranous extensions in some cyanobacteria are:

Heterocysts

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Basal bodies

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Peumatophores

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Chromatophores

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The correct option is D
Chromatophores

In some photoautotrophic bacteria, bacteriochlorophyll and bacteriopheophytin or bacteriovirdin pigments containing membranous extensions called chromatophores are present. These are sites of bacterial photosynthesis.

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