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Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit
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“All tardigrades require surrounding water to grow and reproduce, but some species—typically those living in the limno-terrestrial environments—have the ability to tolerate almost complete dehydration.”
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“It is important to note that the values shown are only the limits for metabolically active organisms and that dormant life (such as a spore) is often able to tolerate even more extreme conditions (Rothschild and Mancinelli, 2001; Cavicchioli, 2002; Jönsson et al., 2008).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Jönsson, K. I., Rabbow, E., Schill, R. O., Harms-Ringdahl, M., & Rettberg, P.
- Affiliations
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- R729-R731
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2106102828
- Cited by
- 415
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 17.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- elib (German Aerospace Center) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Space Agency
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Crafoordska Stiftelsen
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Spaceflight effects on biology
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Keywords
- tardigrades, low Earth orbit, solar radiation, galactic cosmic rays, desiccation tolerance, anhydrobiosis, radioresistance (biology), space biology
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cosmic Radiation, Extraterrestrial Environment, Invertebrates, Ovum, Space Flight, Survival, Ultraviolet Rays, Vacuum, Earth, Planet
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