
adj.緩步類的;緩慢的
The Tardigrade is almost dead in the cryptobiotic stage, other than the fact that it can revive itself from this state. 緩步動物門在隱生階段幾乎是處于死亡狀態(tài),除非它自己蘇醒過來。
And if the experiment works on a virus, they hope to move on to something that is indisputably alive: a tardigrade. 如果在病毒上的實驗?zāi)軌虺晒?,研究者們希望進(jìn)一步對真正的活物進(jìn)行實驗,比如熊蟲。
Because there is no water in the body of the Tardigrade while in a cryptobiotic state to aid metabolism, the Tardigrade cannot go through any physical changes (from self) while dehydrated. 因為在緩步動物的身體里沒有水,而在隱生狀態(tài)下恢復(fù)新陳代謝,又不能通過自身的改變來完成。
tardigrade (Milnesium tardigradum) 小斑熊蟲
Comparison of tardigrade community structure along altitude gradient 不同海拔緩步動物群落結(jié)構(gòu)的比較