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What are gas vacuoles ? State their func...

What are gas vacuoles ? State their functions.

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Gas vacuoles are present in Cyanobacterial cells (blue green algae) and photosynthetic bacteria. These contain metabolic gases and provide buoyancy to them to float on water surface.
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