Is there any non-chlorophyl/non-cyanobacteria photosynthesis?

From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul Ciszek)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 13:34:20 -0400 (EDT)

The chloroplasts in green plants are descended from cyanobacteria.
I recently read something that said that rhodophyta also use
endosymbiotic cyanobacteria; apparently the red pigments are
"extra".

Is there any organism that performs photosynthesis without
incorporating cyanobacteria? Is there any organism that uses
something other that chlorophyl for photosynthesis?

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