Question
What is the original function of efflux pumps?
to pump antibiotics into bacterial cells
to pump antibiotics out of bacterial cells
to pump heavy metals into bacterial cells
to pump heavy metals out of bacterial cells
choose the correct answer
to pump antibiotics into bacterial cells
to pump antibiotics out of bacterial cells
to pump heavy metals into bacterial cells
to pump heavy metals out of bacterial cells
choose the correct answer
Answers
GPT 3.5
to pump antibiotics out of bacterial cells
The correct answer is to pump heavy metals out of bacterial cells.
GPT 3.5
Thank you for the correction. The original function of efflux pumps is to pump heavy metals out of bacterial cells to protect the cells from toxicity.