Question

Intracellular machinery degrades metals.

(a) True

(b) False

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Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

Easy explanation: The intracellular machinery of the bacteria that accumulates metals has the potential to degrade the metals to a much less toxic form, as, they use enzymes to convert the toxic metal into less toxic form in the intracellular region, which further does not result in accumulation.