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- adjective chemistry That disrupts
hydrogen bonds , especially within or between biological molecules
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The solutes are called chaotropic after their property of disordering cellular macromolecules.
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The solutes are called chaotropic after their property of disordering cellular macromolecules.
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Hallsworth said the findings mean the so-called Goldilocks Zone may be much more extensive than previously envisaged because many cold planets and moons contain all the necessary ingredients for making chaotropic solutes.
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Hallsworth said the findings mean the so-called Goldilocks Zone may be much more extensive than previously envisaged because many cold planets and moons contain all the necessary ingredients for making chaotropic solutes.
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Starting with four types of xerophilic fungi (aerobic extremophiles that thrive in environments with little water), the scientists found that at 30°C the fungi grew well in the presence of both chaotropic and kosmotropic solutes, but at 1. 7°C the fungi on media supplemented with chaotropes grew better than those on kosmotropes, with some of the latter showing zero growth.
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They then grew extremophiles on a medium supplemented with either chaotropic or kosmotropic solutes (which stabilize macromolecules rather than destabilize them).
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They then grew extremophiles on a medium supplemented with either chaotropic or kosmotropic solutes (which stabilize macromolecules rather than destabilize them).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Starting with four types of xerophilic fungi (aerobic extremophiles that thrive in environments with little water), the scientists found that at 30°C the fungi grew well in the presence of both chaotropic and kosmotropic solutes, but at 1. 7°C the fungi on media supplemented with chaotropes grew better than those on kosmotropes, with some of the latter showing zero growth.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The research team first confirmed that glycerol, a solute often used to preserve cells at low temperatures in the laboratory, becomes chaotropic when present in high concentrations.
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The research team first confirmed that glycerol, a solute often used to preserve cells at low temperatures in the laboratory, becomes chaotropic when present in high concentrations.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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June 24, 2013