Anhydrobiosis: the extreme limit of desiccation tolerance

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Freshwater Invertebrate Life History Strategies for Surviving Desiccation (2015, background): “1 g H2O g ) that is moderate to extremely dry and then to regain normal function after rehydration [5, 108].”
Viability of the lichen Xanthoria elegans and its symbionts after 18 months of space exposure and simulated Mars conditions on the ISS (2014, background): “Anhydrobiosis provides enormous desiccation tolerance (Hoekstra et al. 2001; Schlensog et al. 2003; Rebecchi et al. 2007) and supports the importance of the poikilohydry as a fundamental life strategy of the lichen symbiosis in response to hostile conditions (Kranner et al. 2008).”