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Identify the incorrect match:

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"Rhodo" = Photo/Light related.
Updated On: Jun 6, 2026
  • Spherical shaped bacteria-Cocci
  • Rod shaped bacteria-Bacilli
  • Photoautotrophic bacteria-Chromatium
  • Chemoautotrophic bacteria-Rhodospirillum
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: The task.
We must find the one match that is wrong among bacterial shapes and nutrition types.

Step 2: Check the shapes.
Round bacteria are called cocci, and rod-shaped ones are called bacilli. Both these matches are correct.

Step 3: Check Chromatium.
Chromatium is a purple sulphur bacterium that uses light to make food, so it is rightly called photoautotrophic. That match is correct.

Step 4: Check Rhodospirillum.
Rhodospirillum also uses light energy, so it is a photosynthetic, photoautotrophic or photoheterotrophic, bacterium. Calling it chemoautotrophic is wrong, because chemoautotrophs get energy from chemical reactions, not light.

Step 5: Spot the odd match.
True chemoautotrophs are forms like Nitrosomonas and sulphur bacteria. So the label chemoautotroph does not suit Rhodospirillum.

Step 6: Conclusion.
The wrong match is "Chemoautotrophic bacteria-Rhodospirillum". \[ \boxed{\text{Chemoautotroph - Rhodospirillum}} \]
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