Physiology of xerophytic microorganisms that grow under very dry conditions
Imshenetskiĭ, A.A.; Pisarenko, N.F.; Kuziurina, L.A.; Iakshina, V.M.
Mikrobiologiia 47(1): 78-81
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-3656 PMID: 418315 Document Number: 137029
The biology of xerophytic microorganisms surviving and growing under conditions imitating Martian ones was studied, as well as the zone of tolerance of several microorganisms towards the activity of water. The xerophytic nature of microorganisms is suggested to be evaluated by means of quantitative determination, using gas chromatography, of carbon dioxide which is evolved when microorganisms are cultivated on media with different values of aw.