The effects of potassium cyanide on tardigrade Paramacrobiotus experimentalis

The effects of potassium cyanide on tardigrade Paramacrobiotus experimentalis

Abstract Potassium cyanide (KCN) is a highly lethal poison with cyanide anions having an inhibitory effect on complex IV of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, leading to stoppage in electron transport and eventually cessation of aerobic respiration within the cell. Tardigrades are a group of small...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Bartylak, Pushpalata Kayastha, Filip Wieczorkiewicz, Izabela Poprawa, Hanna Kmita, Łukasz Kaczmarek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Environmental stress
Eutardigrada
KCN
Physiology
Resistance
Tardigrada
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05927-9
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