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#Question id: 2136


When a bacterium such as E. coli is shifted from a warmer growth temperature to a cooler growth temperature, it compensates by:

#Section 2: General Biology
  1. increasing its metabolic rate to generate more heat.

  2. putting longer-chain fatty acids into its membranes.

  3. putting more unsaturated fatty acids into its membranes.

  4. shifting from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism.