In a commercial bio-refinery, bioethanol is produced by fermenting glucose from sugar cane molasses using yeast at an optimal temperature of 30∘C30^\circ\text{C}30∘C.
Explain why the bio-refinery does not run the fermenters at 80∘C80^\circ\text{C}80∘C.
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