Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ono, F
• Mori, Y
• Sougawa, M
• Takarabe, K
• Hada, Y
• Nishihira, N
• Motose, H
• Saigusa, M
• Matsushima, Y
• Yamazaki, D
• Ito, E
• Saini, N L

Titel

Effect of very high pressure on life of plants and animals

Ist Teil von

• Journal of physics. Conference series, 2012-01, Vol.377 (1), p.1-6

Ort / Verlag

Bristol: IOP Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We studied the tolerance of living organisms, such as a small animal (Milnesium tardigradum), a small crustacean (Artemia), non-vascular plants or moss (Ptichomitrium and Venturiella), and a vascular plant (Trifolium) to the extremely high hydrostatic pressure of 7.5 GPa. It turned out that most of the high pressure exposed seeds of white clover were alive. Those exposed to 7.5 GPa for up to 1 day and seeded on agar germinated roots. Those exposed for up to 1 hour and seeded on soil germinated stems and leaves. Considering the fact that proteins begins to unfold around 0.3 GPa, it seems difficult to understand that all the living samples which have been investigated can survive after exposure to 7.5 GPa.