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a cup of raw milk, after being heated in a microwave oven to 50 degrees celsius, contains half its initial concentration of a particular enzyme, lysozyme. if, however, the milk reaches that temperature through exposure to a conventional heat source of 50 degrees celsius, it will contain nearly all of its initial concentration of the enzyme. therefore, what destroys the enzyme is not heat but microwaves, which generate heat. which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
some species of bacteria can live in hot springs. their cells contain enzymes that function best at temperatures of 70\,^\circ \text{c}70 c70, degrees, start text, c, end text or higher. how will the enzymes in these bacteria most likely change if the temperature is lowered to 45\,^\circ \text{c}45 c45, degrees, start text, c, end text?