Just add water? What happens to bacterial RNA during desiccation?
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What started as a simple question, ‘How do non-spore forming bacteria cope with desiccation?’ has evolved into a newly funded NSF award. The desert soils in Southern Arizona are scorching hot in the summer. For seven consecutive days in July 2020 a soil temperature and moisture probe at one of our field sites recorded a 5 cm soil temperature of 50ºC (122ºF) with an extremely low soil moisture (~2% volumetric water content).
Just add water? What happens to bacterial RNA during desiccation?
Just add water? What happens to bacterial RNA…
Just add water? What happens to bacterial RNA during desiccation?
What started as a simple question, ‘How do non-spore forming bacteria cope with desiccation?’ has evolved into a newly funded NSF award. The desert soils in Southern Arizona are scorching hot in the summer. For seven consecutive days in July 2020 a soil temperature and moisture probe at one of our field sites recorded a 5 cm soil temperature of 50ºC (122ºF) with an extremely low soil moisture (~2% volumetric water content).