Roughened Darkling Beetle
Upis ceramboides
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
Le xylomannane est une molécule antigel découverte au début du XXIe siècle dans des scarabées d’Alaska tolérant le froid : Upis ceramboides (en). Contrairement aux protéines antigel, le xylomannane n’est pas une protéine. Il s’agit d’une combinaison de sucre et d’acide gras que l’on trouve dans les membranes cellulaires.
Upis ceramboides is a species of beetle, one of many wood-living insects that benefit from forest fires. It often occurs in quantities below the bark on the fire-damaged birches, but can sometimes be seen on other deciduous trees such as willow and aspen. The larvae thrive in the inner bark which is rich in mycelia, and in the sapwood.
La criobiología es la rama de la biología que estudia los efectos de baja temperaturas en seres vivos. La palabra criobiología es derivada de la palabra griega κρῧος [kryos], "frío", βίος [bios], "vida", y λόγος [logos], "palabra". En la práctica, criobiología es el estudio de material o sistemas biológicos a temperaturas más bajas que las normales.
Distribution
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