A laboratory investigation on a scaled model of a landACT: l ti n a scaled o l f ­ fill liner was conducted to provide data regarding the occurrence l i e e and extent of desiccation cracking of prototype liners. The crack t t of desi t e li rs. intensity factor, CIF, was introduced as a descriptor of the extent of t f , , as i tr as f the extent of surficial cracking. CIF is defmed as the rati...

Viable methanogens have been detected in dry, aerobic environments such as dry reservoir sediment, dry rice paddies and aerobic desert soils, which suggests that methanogens have mechanisms for long-term survival in a desiccated state. In this study, we quantified the survival rates of the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri after desiccation under conditions equivalent to the driest e...

During tidal cycles, fiddler crabs undergo alternating periods of submersion and desiccation. We compare physiological biochemical adjustments to desiccation challenge in two gelasminids from the Galapagos archipelago: indigenous Leptuca helleri, Minuca galapagensis. examine population distributions habitat characteristics; survival hemolymph osmolality after 6 h at several salinities, or 12 de...

While life requires water, many organisms, known as anhydrobiotes, can survive in the absence of water for extended periods of time. Although discovered 300 years ago, we know very little about the fascinating phenomenon of anhydrobiosis. In this paper, we summarize our previous findings on the desiccation tolerance of the Caenorhabditis elegans dauer larva. A special emphasis is given to the r...

Citation: Moore JP and Farrant JM (2015) Editorial: Current advances and challenges in understanding plant desiccation tolerance. One of the most exciting and gratifying privileges of having edited this research topic on plant desiccation tolerance is that we received papers and reviews on resurrection plant species (particularly angiosperms) covering five continents, almost six, although unfor...