Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 5SA
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The relationship between dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis reactions using examples.

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Anorganism’s body is made by a large number of different types of macromolecules. Macromolecules are made up of smaller units of monomers, which are joined together to form polymers. Dehydration reactions are those reactions which link together the monomers to form polymers. Hydrolysis reactions are those reactions that break polymers into monomers.

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