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A bacterial cell is suddenly expelled from a warm human intestine into the cold world outside. Which one of the following adjustments might the cell make to maintain the same level of membrane fluidity that the cell had in the intestine?a. increase the length of the hydrocarbon tails in its membrane 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 phospholipid.
d. decrease the amount of cholesterol in the membrane.

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