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Viable Nematodes from Late Pleistocene Permafrost of the Kolyma River Lowland

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We have obtained the first data demonstrating the capability of multicellular organisms for longterm cryobiosis in permafrost deposits of the Arctic. The viable soil nematodes Panagrolaimus aff. detritophagus (Rhabditida) and Plectus aff. parvus (Plectida) were isolated from the samples of Pleistocene permafrost deposits of the Kolyma River Lowland. The duration of natural cryopreservation of the nematodes corresponds to the age of the deposits, 30 000–40 000 years.

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  1. Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    A. V. Shatilovich, S. V. Gubin, T. A. Vishnivetskaya & E. M. Rivkina

  2. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. V. Tchesunov

  3. Pertsov White Sea Biological Station, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    T. V. Neretina

  4. Higher School of Economics, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    I. P. Grabarnik

  5. Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-1013, USA

    T. C. Onstott

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Shatilovich, A.V. Tchesunov, T.V. Neretina, I.P. Grabarnik, S.V. Gubin, T.A. Vishnivetskaya, T.C. Onstott, E.M. Rivkina, 2018, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2018, Vol. 480, No. 2, pp. 253–255.

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Shatilovich, A.V., Tchesunov, A.V., Neretina, T.V. et al. Viable Nematodes from Late Pleistocene Permafrost of the Kolyma River Lowland. Dokl Biol Sci 480, 100–102 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496618030079

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