what is the difference between mesosome and chromatophore!

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Chromatophores are the infoldings of plasma membrane containing pigments needed for photosynthesis. They contain pigment known as Bacteriochlorophyll like chloroplast have chlorophyll.
Mesosomes are also invagination of plasma membrane and found in bacteria. They are the site for respiration.

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What is the difference in plastids and chromatophores?

Column I	Column II
A. Mesosome	(i) Bacterial transformation
B. Plasmids	(ii) Translate mRNA
C. Chromatophores	(iii) Gram negative bacteria
D. Polysomes	(iv) infoldings of the plasma membrane
	(v) Photosynthetic prokaryotes

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