Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion [a] and the Reason [r].
Assertion [a] : Endospore can survive heat that would rapidly kill vegetative cells of the same species.
Reason [r] : In endospore, the protoplasm is reduced to minimum volume as a result of the accumulation of calcium - dipicolinic acid complexes and small acid - soluble spore proteins, which forms a cytoplasmic gel and a thick cortex.
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Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]
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Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is not the correct reason for [a]
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Both [a] and [r] are false
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[a] is true but [r] is false
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