On the residual water content of dried but viable cells
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 34 (6), 734-735
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01947290
Abstract
We have examined the residual water in dried cysts of the brine shrimp,Artemia salina, by gas-bombardment techniques at reduced pressures and temperatures. This treatment reduced, but did not remove all the residual water, the lower limit being about 0.0069 gH2O/g dried weight. The significance of such small amounts of water to cell hydration is assessed. The treatment did not appreciably reduce the viability of this cyst population.Keywords
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