Growth of Single Celled Organisms

[Kimmy2]

I have been curious about this question presented in class today, and I was wondering about the solution. I was told that a mutant strain of a type of protist grows poorly at normal temperatures, but much better in cooler temperatures. Normally, growth is expected to be faster at warmer temperatures. How would you explain this situation?

[JackBean]

Some conditional non-lethal mutation? Do you know, what mutant that was?

[canalon]

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=temperature+sensitive+mutation

[kolean]

LOL!

Was that hard?

That was the comment that made me laugh. Kind of rude for Google to put that in after only 2 steps, but then again, maybe typing in the question could be hard for somebody.

[Kimmy2]

It's not the mutation we were supposed to focus on, though. I think he was telling us to note the membrane and enzymes and how those affect the strange growth...

[JackBean]

If only the mutant grows, as you write, than it is about the mutation.

Or maybe some organism, which like cold? The opposite of thermofillic