Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Desiccation

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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.

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