Question

All the following statements about inclusion bodies are true except

• A. inclusion bodies are not bound by any membrane system.
• B. they lie free in the cytoplasm.
• C. reserve material in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells is stored in the form of inclusion bodies.
• D. gas vacuoles and phosphate granules are examples of inclusion bodies.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Inclusion bodies are freely floating particles within the cytoplasm. Changes in pH of cytoplasm results in formation of these inclusion bodies. These are found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In prokaryotes, they are formed to store reserve food whereas in eukaryotes these store materials that are ready for cellular metabolism. Reserve food material is stored in vacuoles in eukaryotes.