Tardigrades have achieved a widespread reputation for an ability to survive more than a century in an inactive, ametabolic state called cryptobiosis, However, a closer look at the empirical evidence provides little support for the claim that tardigrades are capable of century-long survival. Instead, current evidence suggests that a decade may more realistically represent the upper limit of cryptobiotic survival in the most resistant tardigrades.

Facts and fiction about long-term survival in tardigrades / K. I., Jonsson; Bertolani, Roberto. - In: JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. - ISSN 0952-8369. - STAMPA. - 255:1(2001), pp. 121-123. [10.1017/S0952836901001169]

Facts and fiction about long-term survival in tardigrades

BERTOLANI, Roberto
2001

Abstract

Tardigrades have achieved a widespread reputation for an ability to survive more than a century in an inactive, ametabolic state called cryptobiosis, However, a closer look at the empirical evidence provides little support for the claim that tardigrades are capable of century-long survival. Instead, current evidence suggests that a decade may more realistically represent the upper limit of cryptobiotic survival in the most resistant tardigrades.
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Facts and fiction about long-term survival in tardigrades / K. I., Jonsson; Bertolani, Roberto. - In: JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. - ISSN 0952-8369. - STAMPA. - 255:1(2001), pp. 121-123. [10.1017/S0952836901001169]
K. I., Jonsson; Bertolani, Roberto
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