Microbiota composition data of imago and larval stage of the anhydrobiotic midge.

ABSTRACT: The ability of larvae of a non-biting midge Polypedilum vanderplanki (Chironomidae) to withstand complete desiccation is a remarkable natural example of adaptation to extreme environment. In anhydrobiosis the larvae lose up to 99.2% of water and stay in a dry form until rainfall in natural environment or up to several decades in laboratory maintaining ability to restore activity soon after rehydration [1]. In the desiccated state, the larvae tolerate a variety of abiotic stresses, including high radiation exposure (7000Gry of ⁶⁰Co gamma rays) [2]. Such a cross-resistance to desiccation and ionizing radiation is a characteristic of many anhydrobiotic organisms and believed to be based on similar molecular mechanisms. Microorganisms associated with the anhydrobiotic midge c

SUBMITTER: Shaikhutdinov N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature