a bacterium is suddenly expelled froma warm human intestine into the much colder world outside. Which of the following adjustments might the bacterium make to maintain the same level of membrane fluidity it enjoyed in the intestine?

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a bacterium is suddenly expelled froma warm human intestine into the much colder world outside. Which of the following adjustments might  the bacterium make to maintain the same level of membrane fluidity it enjoyed in the intestine?

anonymous · Answer

a) increase the length of the hydrocarbon tails in its membran phospholipids.
b) increase the proportion of unsaturated hydrocarbon tails in its membrane phospholipids.
c) Increase the proportion of hydrocarbon tails with no double bonds in its membrane phospholipids.
d) decrease the amount of fatty acids in the membrane.

anonymous · Answer

idk