Intracellular Freezing in the Infective Juveniles of Steinernema feltiae: An Entomopathogenic Nematode
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Intracellular Freezing in the Infective Juveniles of Steinernema feltiae: An Entomopathogenic Nematode
Taking advantage of their optical transparency, we clearly observed the third stage infective juveniles (IJs) of Steinernema feltiae freezing under a cryo-stage microscope. The IJs froze when the water surrounding them froze at -2°C and below. However, they avoid inoculative freezing at -1°C, suggesting cryoprotective dehydration. Freezing was evident as a sudden darkening and cessation of IJs'...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094179