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Oxygenic photosynthesis generates O2, while anoxygenic photosynthesis doesn’t generate O2. Oxygenic photosynthesis is used by the cyanobacteria, algae and plants. Several other organisms groups – mainly purple bacteria, green sulfur and nonsulfur bacteria, heliobacteria and acidobacteria – use anoxygenic photosynthesis.
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