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Standardized Protocols for Soil Fauna Extraction and a Call for Cross‐Lab Implementation

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
We present harmonized methodologies, assembled by an international group of experts, for extracting soil‐ and litter‐inhabiting nematodes, enchytraeids, microarthropods, and larger invertebrates. The protocols are illustrated with images and videos, and include advice for overcoming the most frequent issues (’expert tips’) for increasing extraction ...
Michala Tůmová, Jing‐Zhong Lu, Maria J. I. Briones, Simone Cesarz, Nico Eisenhauer, Saori Fujii, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Jari Haimi, Karin Hohberg, Stephan Jänsch, Hannah Karuri, Yudai Kitagami, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Alfred Lochner, Jérome Mathieu, Oksana L. Rozanova, Jörg Römbke, Julia Seeber, Rüdiger Schmelz, Olaf Schmidt, Clement Schneider, Xin Sun, Jiri Tuma, Andrey S. Zaitsev, Andrey G. Zuev, Anton M. Potapov   +25 more
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Pre‐treatment with D942, a furancarboxylic acid derivative, increases desiccation tolerance in an anhydrobiotic tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris

FEBS Open Bio, 2020
The tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris can undergo anhydrobiosis. Several chemicals that inhibit successful anhydrobiosis in H. exemplaris have been identified, and these chemicals inhibit the activity of signaling molecules.
Koyuki Kondo, Masaru Mori, Masaru Tomita, Kazuharu Arakawa   +3 more
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Anhydrobiosis in invertebrates

Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2006
Recent work on anhydrobiosis in invertebrates is reviewed. I introduce definition and classification of cryptobiosis, and review the distinctive features and extremely high stress tolerance of anhydrobiotic invertebrates. Most anhydrobiotic invertebrates have evolved various kinds of behavioral, morphological, physiological and physical adaptations to ...
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Epitranscriptomics as a Candidate Universal Modulator of Dormancy Transitions

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
Dormancy is presented as a conserved, reversible survival program in which epitranscriptomic RNA modifications are proposed to provide a rapid, energy‐efficient layer that establishes, maintains, and terminates the state by modulating mRNA stability, translation, and localization.
Ehsan Pashay Ahi
wiley   +1 more source

Biomarker Preservation and Survivability Under Extreme Dryness and Mars-Like UV Flux of a Desert Cyanobacterium Capable of Trehalose and Sucrose Accumulation

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2020
Unraveling how long life can persist under extreme dryness and what kind of environmental extremes can be faced by dried microorganisms is relevant to understand Mars habitability and to search for life on planets with transient liquid water availability.
Claudia Fagliarone, Alessandro Napoli, Salvatore Chiavarini, Mickael Baqué, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Daniela Billi   +5 more
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Viability of Dunaliella Salina in the state of anhydrobiosis

European Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences, 2017
In our manuscript we showed results of study of viability of Dunaliella salina in the state of dryness and in the state of anhydrobiosis.
NURMUKHAMEDOVA DIYORAKHON, RADJABOVA GULBAKHOR   +1 more
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Gradients of Aliveness and Engineering: A Taxonomy of Fungal Engineered Living Materials

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 5, 22 January 2026.
This paper explores the potential of fungal engineered living materials (ELMs), examining fungal biology and growth mechanisms, which underpin their development. It presents a classification framework based on aliveness, scaffold composition, and engineering degree. Unique properties such as self‐healing, biosensing, and bioremediation are highlighted,
Elise Elsacker, Jara Saluena Martin, Annah‐Ololade Sangosanya, Anouk Verstuyft, Aurélie Van Wylick, Eveline Peeters   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nematode communities indicate diverse soil functioning across a fog gradient in the Namib Desert gravel plains

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Soil nematodes are fundamentally aquatic animals, requiring water to move, feed, and reproduce. Nonetheless, they are ubiquitous in desert soils because they can enter an anhydrobiotic state that allows them to persist when water is biologically ...
Amy M. Treonis, Eugene Marais, Gillian Maggs‐Kölling   +2 more
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Are Hibernators Toast? Global Climate Change and Prolonged Seasonal Hibernation

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.
This review examines how global climate change impacts mammalian hibernators, emphasizing physiological, ecological and phenological aspects. Many hibernating species already inhabit extreme environments, thus are at risk as climate variability intensifies.
Kathrin H. Dausmann, Christine Elizabeth Cooper   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

DNA Metabarcoding Reveals Tardigrades' Diversity and Dispersal Patterns in European Freshwater Rock Pools

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Freshwater rock pools are ephemeral and fragile habitats that support specialised animal taxa. While distributed worldwide, these habitats are usually neglected and overlooked. We used DNA metabarcoding and metaphylogeographic approaches to study inter and intraspecific tardigrade biodiversity to identify their biogeographic patterns to ...
Matteo Vecchi, Claudio Ferrari, Diego Fontaneto, Jakub Godziek, Ingemar K. Jönsson, Daniel Stec   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source