Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are extremely hydrophilic proteins that were
first identified in land plants. Intracellular accumulation is tightly correlated with acquisition of …

Invertebrates play an increasing role in assessing the impacts of environmental
contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Substantial efforts were made to identify suitable and …

Diapause entails molecular, physiological and morphological remodeling of living animals,
culminating in a dormant state characterized by enhanced stress tolerance. Molecular …

Bdelloid rotifers are microinvertebrates with unique characteristics: they have survived tens
of millions of years without sexual reproduction; they withstand extreme desiccation by …

Abstract An African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki, is the only insect known to be
capable of extreme desiccation tolerance, or anhydrobiosis. In the 1950s and 1960s, Hinton …

Rotifera comprise about 2,000 species (Segers 2007) of microscopic animals, usually much
less than 1 mm in length, characterized by the presence of a ciliated corona and a muscular …

To survive under harsh environmental conditions many organisms retreat into
hypometabolic states where metabolic rate may be reduced by 80% or more and energy use …

This review compares the molecular strategies employed by anhydrobiotic invertebrates to
survive extreme water stress. Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play a central role in …

To persist in extreme environments, some meiofaunal taxa have adopted outstanding
resistance strategies. Recent years have seen increased enthusiasm for understanding …

Abstract Brachionus spp.(Rotifera: Monogononta) are globally distributed in aquatic
environments and play important roles in the aquatic ecosystem. The marine monogonont …