Pennyaline wrote:
> Peter A wrote:
>> In article > ,
>> ess says...
>>>> Then the article is wrong. You are right that freezing does not kill
>>>> bacteria but that was not the original claim. Freezing does stop all
>>>> bacterial action.
>>> you might be surprised:
>>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...Med&list_uids=
>>>
>>> 10943552&dopt=Abstract
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Permit me to indulge in a minor fit of sighing and eye-rolling. OK,
>> now I'm done.
>>
>> "Below freezing" which is what this article talks about means "below 0
>> degrees C." It does not necessarily mean "frozen." Yes, a few
>> organisms can exist at temperatures below 0 degrees, but they are not
>> frozen - the water has not crystallized. That is what we have been
>> talking about.
>
> Anything else? Last I knew, water freezes at 0 degrees C (32 degrees F),
> and that means crystallized.
>

Some organisms are able to accumulate a bunch of glycol or glycerin in
their cells that acts as an antifreeze to lower the freezing point.

Bob