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NEET 2020
Exam
NEET
Year
2020
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Cell - The Unit of Life

NEET 2020 · Botany · Cell - The Unit of Life

Inclusion bodies of blue-green, purple and green photosynthetic...

Inclusion bodies of blue-green, purple and green photosynthetic bacteria are:

Options

  1. AContractile vacuoles
  2. BGas vacuoles
  3. CCentrioles
  4. DMicrotubules

Correct answer

B. Gas vacuoles

Step-by-step solution

Reserve materials in prokaryotic cells are stored in the cytoplasm of the cell in the form of inclusion bodies. Gas vacuoles or gas vesicles are found in blue-green algae, purple and green photosynthetic bacteria. These vacuoles are nanocompartments surrounded by a protein membrane and help in buoyancy.
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