{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(5)"],"submitter":["Ravaux J"],"pubmed_abstract":["The thermal limit for metazoan life, expected to be around 50°C, has been debated since the discovery of the Pompeii worm Alvinella pompejana, which colonizes black smoker chimney walls at deep-sea vents. While indirect evidence predicts body temperatures lower than 50°C, repeated in situ temperature measurements depict an animal thriving at temperatures of 60°C and more. This controversy was to remain as long as this species escaped in vivo investigations, due to irremediable mortalities upon non-isobaric sampling. Here we report from the first heat-exposure experiments with live A. pompejana, following isobaric sampling and subsequent transfer in a laboratory pressurized aquarium. A prolonged (2 hours) exposure in the 50-55°C range was lethal, inducing severe tissue damages, cell mortali"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e64074"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3667023"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Thermal limit for metazoan life in question: in vivo heat tolerance of the Pompeii worm."],"pmcid":["PMC3667023"],"pubmed_authors":["Shillito B","Ravaux J","Hamel G","Leger N","Jollivet D","Tasiemski AA","Zbinden M","Tanguy A","Boutet I"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Thermal limit for metazoan life in question: in vivo heat tolerance of the Pompeii worm.","description":"The thermal limit for metazoan life, expected to be around 50°C, has been debated since the discovery of the Pompeii worm Alvinella pompejana, which colonizes black smoker chimney walls at deep-sea vents. While indirect evidence predicts body temperatures lower than 50°C, repeated in situ temperature measurements depict an animal thriving at temperatures of 60°C and more. This controversy was to remain as long as this species escaped in vivo investigations, due to irremediable mortalities upon non-isobaric sampling. Here we report from the first heat-exposure experiments with live A. pompejana, following isobaric sampling and subsequent transfer in a laboratory pressurized aquarium. A prolonged (2 hours) exposure in the 50-55°C range was lethal, inducing severe tissue damages, cell mortali","dates":{"release":"2013-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2013","modification":"2025-04-18T17:48:43.723Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:14:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3667023","cross_references":{"pubmed":["23734185"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0064074"]}}