[Cryofractographic study of the structure of yeast cells found in an anabiotic state]

Cryofractographic studies of normally growing yeast cells have shown that the length, number and arrangement of slit-like invaginations, as well as the number, frequency of arrangement and dimensions of pores on the nucleolemma, differ among various yeast species. The data on the structure of various organoids published earlier have been confirmed. The volume of all cellular organoids, with an exception of mitochondria, decreases upon dehydration. The invaginations of the plasmalemma coalesce to form a common network. This is important in the course of changes in the volume and density of the cytoplasm of cells in the anabiotic state, maintaining the structural connection of the plasmalemma with the cellular contents, which is necessary for the survival of an organism under extreme conditions.