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Ch. 8 - An Introduction to Metabolism

Chapter 8, Problem 5

Some bacteria are metabolically active in hot springs because a. they are able to maintain a lower internal temperature. b. high temperatures make catalysis unnecessary. c. their enzymes have high optimal temperatures. d. their enzymes are completely insensitive to temperature.

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Hello everyone here We have a question asking, enzymes having high optimum temperature are found in a bacteria found in human body. The human body isn't that hot B bacteria found in hydrothermal vents. Hydrothermal vents are hot springs found in the ocean, and because these are so hot enzymes having high optimum temperature are sometimes found in hydrothermal vents. See bacteria found in milk, milk is not hot enough to have enzymes having high optimum temperature. The all bacteria, all bacteria does not have high optimum temperature. So our answer here is B bacteria found in hydrothermal vents. Thank you for watching. Bye!