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Can I still use this salt? (iili.io)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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