5. How might the membrane lipid composition of the more cold-temperature tolerant Rhizophora manglespecies differ from that of Laguncularia racemosa which is found in only the warmest parts of SouthFlorida?

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5. How might the membrane lipid composition of the more cold-temperature tolerant Rhizophora mangle
species differ from that of Laguncularia racemosa which is found in only the warmest parts of South
Florida?

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Plasma membrane stouter most covering in all the living organisms. It is composed of phospholipids.

One molecule of phospholipid os made up of hydrophobic fatty acid tails and hydrophilic phosphate head group. Because of the presence of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules, phospholipids are called as amphipathic molecules.

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