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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Osmotic pressure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osmotic pressure is the pressure that must be applied to a solution to prevent the inward flow of water across a semipermeable membrane. Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff first proposed a formula for calc...
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Turgor Pressure turgidity ... Definition: Turgor Pressure: also called turgidity, is the main pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall in plant cells. Turgid plant cells contain more water than flaccid cells and exert a greater osmotic pressure on its cell walls.
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These results suggest that the MT orientation may be correlated with the turgor pressure. Among fresh water algae sensitive to a saline environment, this Spirogyra was the first species shown to have a turgor regulating mechanism, although the recovery of turgor pressure was incomplete.
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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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Turgor pressure is the outward pressure that occurs in a plant cell when the cytoplasm and vacuoles fill up with water and the cell membrane pushes against the cell wall.
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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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