Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Desiccation

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<li><a href="/Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Introduction" id="project">Hell Cell:</a></li>
<li><a href="/Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="/Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="/Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Cold">Cold</a></li>
<li><a href="/Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Cold">Cold</a></li>

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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.