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The bacteria that grew in severely P-depleted and As-enriched conditions were identified as members of a halophile salt-loving family already known to accumulate intracellular As. When deprived of P, they grew slowly and looked bloated because they were full of vacuoles, cellular organelles that manage waste and grow larger and more numerous when cells are under stress.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Arsenic and Odd Lace Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2010
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The bacteria that grew in severely P-depleted and As-enriched conditions were identified as members of a halophile salt-loving family already known to accumulate intracellular As. When deprived of P, they grew slowly and looked bloated because they were full of vacuoles, cellular organelles that manage waste and grow larger and more numerous when cells are under stress.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Arsenic and Odd Lace Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2010
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The bacteria that grew in severely P-depleted and As-enriched conditions were identified as members of a halophile salt-loving family already known to accumulate intracellular As.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Arsenic and Odd Lace Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2010
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A dominant pedogenic process is salinization, which produces areas of salt crust where only salt-loving (halophytic) plants can survive.
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Gigantic Suprematist geometries filled with salt-loving algae vacillating through hues of pinks, reds, yellows and oranges as the new tapis vert.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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Gigantic Suprematist geometries filled with salt-loving algae vacillating through hues of pinks, reds, yellows and oranges as the new tapis vert.
Salt Ponds 2007
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The dive had taken her sideways in the opposite direction from the jetty, and she came up where salt-loving bushes grew thickly between the path and the water.
TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009
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Unless, that is, you've got a salt-loving extremophile in your bowl, in which case you're gonna need a stronger toilet sanitizer.
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This halophytic (salt-loving) species colonizes extensive areas of the pan and offers excellent grazing to herds of springbok, gemsbok and wildebeest during the dry season.
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Chrisman's proposal aims to improve water quality and, on the new shoreline, prevent dust storms by stabilizing the soil with salt-loving plants.
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