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Dry Biological Systems
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1978
- Editor: John Crowe
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 1 9 8 0 8 0 - 1
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 1 5 8 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 3 8 2 - 9
Dry Biological Systems contains the proceedings of the 1977 American Institute of Biological Sciences symposium held in East Lansing, Michigan. Divided into seven parts… Read more
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Request a sales quoteDry Biological Systems contains the proceedings of the 1977 American Institute of Biological Sciences symposium held in East Lansing, Michigan. Divided into seven parts encompassing 17 chapters, the book focuses on the adaptive strategy phenomenon of organisms under dry state or absence of water. The book answers several fundamental questions on dry biological systems, such as how an organism achieve a state that destroys most living systems; what adaptations permit the survival of dehydration; and what activities occur in the dry organisms. After briefly discussing the nature of intracellular water in normal cells, the book examines the ultrastructure of dry organisms, including their metabolic activities during drying, in the dry state, and during rehydration. Parts IV to VI discuss the causes of cell viability loss while in dry, as well as their ecology and enzyme reaction at reduced water activity. Several presentations are made in which freezing and dehydration as stress vectors are compared. Covered papers in the book illustrate the belief that freezing and rehydration can be considered to be the same phenomenon, particularly with respect to the state of intracellular water.
List of Contributors
Preface
I Water in Hydrated Cells
Overview of Our Understanding of Intracellular Water in Hydrated Cells
II Structure of Dry Cells and Organisms
Ultrastructural and Freeze Fracture Studies on Anhydrobiotic Nematodes
Desiccation-Induced Ultrastructural Changes in Drought-Sensitive and Drought-Tolerant Plants
Ultrastructure of Dried Spores
Ultrastructure of Microsporidian Spores and Changes in Spore Membrane Structure Under Different Experimental Conditions
III Hydration-Dependent Metabolic Transitions
Hydration-Dependent Metabolic Transitions and the State of Cellular Water in Artemia
Metabolic Transitions in a Nematode during Induction of and Recovery from Anhydrobiosis
Application of a Volatile Radioactive Tracer to Detect Metabolic Activities in Dry Wild Oat Seeds
Metabolism of a Drought-Tolerant and a Drought-Sensitive Moss: Respiration, ATP Synthesis and Carbohydrate Status
Membranes in Dry and Imbibing Seeds
Development of Respiratory Metabolism in Seeds during Hydration
IV Causes of Death in Dry Organisms
Role of SH and SS Groups in Damage to Biological Systems at Low Water Activities
Effects of Oxygen on Dried Organisms
Dehydration and Freezing as Stress Vectors
V Enzyme Reaction at Reduced Water Activity
Enzyme Kinetics at Low Temperature and Reduced Water Activity
Influence of Water Activity on Enzymic Activity in Biological Systems
VI Ecology of Dry Biological Systems
Ecology of Anhydrobiotic Soil Nematodes
- No. of pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1978
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780121980801
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124315808
- eBook ISBN: 9780323153829
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John Crowe
John Crowe retired in 2020 after working as a biomedical engineer in academia for 40 years. During this time, he worked on the development of numerous medical devices with a couple leading to the formation of spin out companies. He previously co-authored the undergraduate textbook Introduction to Digital Electronics (1998).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK