Freeze tolerance and accumulation of cryoprotectants in the enchytraeid Enchytraeus albidus (Oligochaeta) from Greenland and Europe

Cryobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-291

  Slotsbo, Stine ^a   Maraldo, Kristine ^a   Malmendal, Anders ^b   Nielsen, Niels Chr ^b   Holmstrup, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cold hardiness; Enchytraeidae; Freeze tolerance; Glucose

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOGEN; PROLINE; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; DEHYDRATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENCHYTRAEUS; EUROPE; FREEZING TOLERANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GREENLAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EUROPE; FREEZING; GLYCOGEN; GREENLAND; OLIGOCHAETA;

ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS ALBIDUS;

EID: 56449110803     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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