What would happen to the relative amount of unsaturated lipids in a plasma membrane when

e. coli bacteria grown at 25 degrees celsius are then grown at 37 degrees celsius?

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Ralph Snow

12 September, 19:25

What would happen to the relative amount of unsaturated lipids in a plasma membrane when

e. coli bacteria grown at 25 degrees celsius are then grown at 37 degrees celsius?

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The answer is: The amount of unsaturates decreases, and the amount of saturated lipids increases

One characteristic of unsaturated lipid is that it will decrease if the temperature increase because the Cells harvested a pretty substantial amount of it and used it in a growth process

What would happen to the relative amount of unsaturated lipids in a plasma membrane whene. coli bacteria grown at 25 degrees celsius are then grown at 37 degrees celsius?

What would happen to the relative amount of unsaturated lipids in a plasma membrane when

e. coli bacteria grown at 25 degrees celsius are then grown at 37 degrees celsius?