On the residual water content of dried but viable cells.
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.
D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival; D003445:Crustacea / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D005612:Freeze Drying; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
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