A pathogenic (disease-causing) E. coli bacterium livingon a cold piece of dirty romaine lettuce in your fridge suddenlyfinds itself in the nice, warm, and cozy human intestine. How willthis bacterium maintain the same level of membrane fluidity nowthat it's in a such a different environment?
| | produce membrane lipids with hydrocarbon tails that are longerand have more double bonds |
| | produce membrane lipids with hydrocarbon tails that are longerand have fewer double bonds |
| | produce membrane lipids with hydrocarbon tails that are shorterand have more double bonds |
| | decrease the amount of cholesterol in the membrane overall |
| | reduce the amount of glycolipids in the membrane |
