• GiveMemes@jlai.lu
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    7 months ago

    Can any organism live on 100% salt? I was able to find info on hypersaline solutions, but I would think that existing on a pure polar solute would pretty much just kill by osmosis right?

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      7 months ago

      I guess a few spores don’t mind salt, but i don’t know for sure. That’s why I wrote microbe.