Drying without Dying: How Resurrection Plants Survive without Water (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Drying without Dying: How Resurrection Plants Survive without Water (3 of 3)

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Figure 3. Dynamics of different water species during dehydration and rehydration of Haberlea rhodopensis and Deinostigma eberhardtii. Relative absorbance of water species in Haberlea rhodopensis (A) and Deinostigma eberhardtii (B), during desiccation and subsequent rehydration (Sr - protonated water clusters, S0 - free water molecules, S1 - water dimers, S2, S3 and S4 - water molecules with 2, 3 and 4 hydrogen bonds, respectively) (Kuroki, S. et al. Water molecular structure underpins extreme desiccation tolerance of the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis. Sci. Rep. (2019). doi:10.1038/s41598-019-39443-4)

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