Tolerance of anhydrobiotic eggs of the tardigrade ramazzottius varieornatus to extreme environments

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 283-289

  Horikawa, Daiki D ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Ayami ^b   Sakashita, Tetsuya ^c   Tanaka, Daisuke ^d   Hamada, Nobuyuki ^e   Yukuhiro, Fumiko ^d   Kuwahara, Hirokazu ^b   Kunieda, Takekazu ^b   Watanabe, Masahiko ^d   Nakahara, Yuichi ^d   Wada, Seiichi ^f   Funayama, Tomoo ^c   Katagiri, Chihiro ^g   Higashi, Seigo ^g   Yokobori, Shin Ichi ^h   Kuwabara, Mikinori ⁱ   Rothschild, Lynn J ^a   Okuda, Takashi ^d   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^j   Kobayashi, Yasuhiko ^c,k  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^f KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

ⁱ HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^k GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Astrobiology; Radiation tolerance; Ramazzottius varieornatus; Tardigrades; Temperatures; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TARDIGRADA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TARDIGRADA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84860187326     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0669     Document Type: Article

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