Multi-decadal survival of an Antarctic nematode, Plectus murrayi, in a -20C degree stored moss sample

• Main Authors: Kagoshima, H., Kito, K., Aizu, T., Shin-i, T., Kanda, H., Kobayashi, S., Toyoda, A., Fujiyama, A., Kohara, A., Convey, P., Niki, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Langhovde; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16990/; http://www.cryoletters.org/

It is not clear for how long Antarctic soil nematodes might tolerate freezing. Samples of the Antarctic moss, Bryum argenteum, were collected on 1 October 1983 at Langhovde, Soya coast, eastern Antarctica and were stored at -20°C. After 25.5 years of storage, living nematodes were recovered from the...