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we wish to point out that it is not established experimen- 

 tally that the degree of subcooling- of water becomes in- 

 creasingly greater when the size of the capillary spaces 

 reaches the order of a micron or less. The generally 

 assumed relation between degree of subcooling and ca- 

 pillary size already ceases to be consistent when the 

 capillary sizes are of the order of 0.1 mm. (cf. our re- 

 view, ''The Physical States of Protoplasm at Low Tem- 



T ABLE 2 

 OuciA.MSMs Which, When Di:y. Resist Extuemely Low Te.mperatures 



Organisms 



Temp. 



j Time of Exposure to 



Cold & Other Conditions Iiivestigators 



1. Bacteria and Fungi 



Bacteria : 



Staph, pyogenes 

 aureus 



Common bacilli 

 (Spores) 



Myxomycetes: 

 Pliysarum 



polycephaluni 



L. air 



L. helium 

 4.2° to 

 I.350K 



L. air 



125 days 



Paul & Prall, 

 1907 



6 hrs.; previously des- Lipman, 

 iccated for 2 weeks 1936a 



12 hrs. 



Gehenio & 

 Luyet (un- 

 published) 



