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Question 1. (c) 



Some of ' hese deleted studies ar<; 

 laboratories efforts requiring the use of 

 cultures of organisms maintained at some 

 expense under deep-sea pressure conditions. 

 Are there sufficient funds to maintain these 

 cultures during a year lapse of research? 



Answer : 



The on-going culture studies will not be 

 discontinued. The continued culturing of 

 acquired deep-sea microbes will be maintained 

 within the subseabed program. Since the 

 deep-sea microbes are critical to future 

 radiation sensitivity studies of deep sea 

 biota, it is essential that they be 

 maintained. Actual determination of 

 radiosensitivity on microbe cultures and 

 other deep ocean organisms will be deferred 

 until FY 1985. 



