They survive extreme dehydration, high ultraviolet and radioactive rays, and even the vacuum of space for the period of around 10 days.
Recent studies have suggested that numerous genes, in addition to those involved in sugar synthesis, are required for plants to
survive extreme dehydration.
Not exact matches
Christner holds up a petri dish containing colonies mottled with beige, black, and white: an indication that these bacteria produce
dehydration - resistant spores that could help them
survive at
extreme altitudes.