Before you the table where you can see percentage of common fatty acids on membr

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Before you the table where you can see percentage of common fatty acids on membranes of microbes E coli that grown in different temperatures.

a) Explain the differances of membrane composition in accordance to temperatures of growth
b) What would have happened to membrane of E. coli that grown on temperature of 40 degrees would moved at once to temperature of 10 degrees? What cell's functions should be affected?

Explanation / Answer

Answer=a) the differances of membrane composition in accordance to temperatures of growth as follows:

As the temperature of growth lowered or decreases,the proportion of unsaturated fatty acid increases.

Palmetoleic acid and oleic acid are unsaturated fatty acid therefore when temperature decreases from 400C -100C

there proportion increases.

As the temperature of growth lowered or decreases,the proportion of saturated fatty acid decreases.

Myristate fatty acid and palmitate fatty acid are saturated fatty acid therefore when temperature decreases from 400C -100C

there proportion decreases.

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