FIGURE 4: Percentage of live and dead stationary cells in different cell cycle phases after 14 days of desiccation. Two different population of live G1 cells were observed, one with high DNA fluorescence intensity (equivalent to 2-4N), and the other with 1N DNA fluorescence intensity. Live and dead cells were identified by PI staining. Cell cycle status was determined by images of bright field and fluorescence brightener-28 stained cells. Approximately 400 cells were counted from each experiment and the data were presented as mean ± standard error from three independent experiments.