Survival in extreme environments–on the current knowledge of adaptations in tardigrades

N Møbjerg, KA Halberg, A Jørgensen… - Acta …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Tardigrades are microscopic animals found worldwide in aquatic as well as terrestrial
ecosystems. They belong to the invertebrate superclade Ecdysozoa, as do the two major …

Long-distance passive dispersal in microscopic aquatic animals

D Fontaneto - Movement ecology, 2019 - Springer
Given their dormancy capability (long-term resistant stages) and their ability to colonise and
reproduce, microscopic aquatic animals have been suggested having cosmopolitan …

Comparative genomics of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus

Y Yoshida, G Koutsovoulos, DR Laetsch, L Stevens… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Tardigrada, a phylum of meiofaunal organisms, have been at the center of discussions of the
evolution of Metazoa, the biology of survival in extreme environments, and the role of …

Stress-dependent cell stiffening by tardigrade tolerance proteins that reversibly form a filamentous network and gel

A Tanaka, T Nakano, K Watanabe, K Masuda… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Tardigrades are able to tolerate almost complete dehydration by entering a reversible
ametabolic state called anhydrobiosis and resume their animation upon rehydration …

In vivo expression vector derived from anhydrobiotic tardigrade genome enables live imaging in Eutardigrada

S Tanaka, K Aoki, K Arakawa - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Water is essential for life, but anhydrobiotic tardigrades can survive almost complete
dehydration. Anhydrobiosis has been a biological enigma for more than a century with …

An upgraded comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Tardigrada tree of life

N Guil, A Jørgensen, R Kristensen - Zoologica Scripta, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Providing accurate animals' phylogenies rely on increasing knowledge of neglected phyla.
Tardigrada diversity evaluated in broad phylogenies (among phyla) is biased towards …

Comparative transcriptomics suggest unique molecular adaptations within tardigrade lineages

M Kamilari, A Jørgensen, M Schiøtt, N Møbjerg - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Tardigrades are renowned for their ability to enter cryptobiosis (latent life) and
endure extreme stress, including desiccation and freezing. Increased focus is on revealing …

Anhydrobiosis in tardigrades—the last decade

W Wełnicz, MA Grohme, Ł Kaczmarek, RO Schill… - Journal of insect …, 2011 - Elsevier
The current state of knowledge about anhydrobiosis in tardigrades is presented. In response
to adverse environmental conditions tardigrades arrest their metabolic activity and after …

Two novel heat-soluble protein families abundantly expressed in an anhydrobiotic tardigrade

A Yamaguchi, S Tanaka, S Yamaguchi, H Kuwahara… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Tardigrades are able to tolerate almost complete dehydration by reversibly switching to an
ametabolic state. This ability is called anhydrobiosis. In the anhydrobiotic state, tardigrades …

Novel mitochondria-targeted heat-soluble proteins identified in the anhydrobiotic tardigrade improve osmotic tolerance of human cells

S Tanaka, J Tanaka, Y Miwa, DD Horikawa… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Tardigrades are able to tolerate almost complete dehydration through transition to a
metabolically inactive state, called “anhydrobiosis”. Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) …