The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans survives subfreezing temperatures in an isochoric system.

• Main Authors: Mikus, Hannah, Miller, Alexander, Nastase, Gabriel, Serban, Alexandru, Shapira, Michael, Rubinsky, Boris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans; Adaptation; Physiological; Freezing; Isochoric system; Living cells; Survive; Biotechnology; Generic Health Relevance; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry; Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Vostok Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2w18x7zp

This study is the first experimental evidence showing that a living multicellular organism, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, can survive subfreezing temperatures in an isochoric (constant volume) thermodynamic system, while immersed in a simple isotonic solution, without the addition of cryoprot...