Isolation of ice nucleating active bacte
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Lee, Richard E. ;Strong-Gunderson, Janet M. ;Lee, Marcia R. ;Grove, Kimberly S.
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In preparation for winter many insects enhance the supercooling capacity of their body fluids by 25°C or more, thereby avoiding the lethal effects of tissue freezing. A primary factor limiting supercooling capacity is the presence of nucleating agents that catalyze ice formation at high subzero temp