Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Desiccation
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Revision as of 08:12, 1 October 2012
Desiccation
Escherichia coli
The same betaine pathway that we are using in cold is supposed to help confer desiccation resistance. We are also investigating a pathway that produces trehalose, a nutrient that is found in many halophiles and is purported to protect against desiccation.