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- to pump heavy metals into bacterial cells
- to pump antibiotics out of bacterial cells
- to pump antibiotics into bacterial cells
- to pump heavy metals out of bacterial cells
Apologies for the confusion in my previous response. You are correct. The original function of efflux pumps is to pump heavy metals out of bacterial cells.
The original function of efflux pumps is to pump antibiotics out of bacterial cells.
