Multiomics study of a heterotardigrade, Echinisicus testudo, suggests the possibility of convergent evolution of abundant heat-soluble proteins in Tardigrada [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2021 Background Many limno-terrestrial tardigrades can enter an ametabolic state, known as anhydrobiosis, upon desiccation, in which the animals can withstand extreme environments.
Yumi Murai +6 more
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Long-term anhydrobiosis in two taxa of moss dwelling Eutardigrada (Tardigrada) desiccated for 12 and 15 years, respectively [PDF]
The European Zoological Journal, 2020 Full understanding of long-term cryptobiosis, including anhydrobiosis, could contribute to many areas, from biology and biotechnology to industry, pharmacy and medicine. Anhydrobiosis has been reported in a few groups of micrometazoans such as nematodes,
M. Roszkowska, H. Kmita, Ł. Kaczmarek
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Verification of Hypsibius exemplaris Gąsiorek et al., 2018 (Eutardigrada; Hypsibiidae) application in anhydrobiosis research [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Anhydrobiosis is considered to be an adaptation of important applicative implications because it enables resistance to the lack of water. The phenomenon is still not well understood at molecular level.
Izabela Poprawa +8 more
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Integrative taxonomy elucidates phylogenetic position of a clawless African eutardigrade (Tardigrada) supporting the erection of a new genus [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIn the presented study, we re-investigated the soil-dwelling clawless tardigrade species Apodibius nuntius (Binda, 1984) using an integrative taxonomic approach.
Jędrzej Warguła +3 more
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Three new species of Mesobiotus (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Sweden with an updated phylogeny of the genus [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThree new species of Mesobiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) are described from Skåne County in the southernmost region of Sweden. All three species are distinguished morphologically and through differences in DNA sequences as supported by ...
Sarah Atherton +3 more
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Resistance to Extreme Stresses by a Newly Discovered Japanese Tardigrade Species, Macrobiotus kyoukenus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Tardigrades are small micrometazoans able to resist several environmental stresses in any stage of their life cycle. An integrated analysis of tardigrade specimens collected in Tsukuba (Japan) revealed a peculiar morphology and a new sensory field in the
Michele Cesari +6 more
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Integrative taxonomy reveals new, widely distributed tardigrade species of the genus Paramacrobiotus (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 In a moss sample collected in Ribeiro Frio, Madeira, Paramacrobiotus gadabouti sp. nov. was found and described using the integrative taxonomy approach.
Pushpalata Kayastha +5 more
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The effects of potassium cyanide on tardigrade Paramacrobiotus experimentalis [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPotassium cyanide (KCN) is a highly lethal poison with cyanide anions having an inhibitory effect on complex IV of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, leading to stoppage in electron transport and eventually cessation of aerobic respiration within the ...
Tomasz Bartylak +5 more
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On the systematic position of the genus Fractonotus (Eutardigrada, Parachela)
The European Zoological JournalThe genus Fractonotus was erected on the basis of the peculiar appearance of the apophyses for the insertion of the stylet muscles on the buccal tube, and it has been attributed, together with the genus Microhypsibius, to the family Microhypsibiidae on ...
R. Bertolani
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Reaching the Monophyly: Re-Evaluation of the Enigmatic Species Tenuibiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1983) and the Genus Tenuibiotus (Eutardigrada). [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2022 Stec D, Morek W.
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