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Turgor pressure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
' Turgor pressure ' or turgidity is the main pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall in plant cells and bacteria cells, determined by the water content of the vacuole, resulting from osm...
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Evidence is provided that this reaction force is a measure for the turgor pressure of the bacterium. The method was applied to magnetotactic bacteria of the species Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. Force curves were generated on the substrate and on the bacteria while scanning laterally.
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Definition of turgor pressure ... the pressure of the swollen cell contents against the cell wall when the external solution more dilute than the cell sap of the vacuole. ... Search for turgor pressure in these other databases too...
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Plants that loose water wilt because their turgor pressure decreases. The stability of the tissues cannot be maintained. As long as the cells are still living can the turgor pressure be fixed again, a phenomenon common in everyday life: wilted plants recover after watering.
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