Answer-Secondary metabolites:

Secondary metabolites e.g., antibiotics, pigments are non-essential compounds produced during the stationary phase. They aid survival e.g., antimicrobial defense but are not required for basic growth.

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Secondary

metabolites:

A Are essential to microbe function

B Are by-products of metabolism not important to microbe function

C Require additional processing before packaging

D Are harvested during exponential growth

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