Current Biology Paper

A study of nematodes in the arsenic-rich, alkaline, and hypersaline environment of Mono Lake in California, USA.

Eight nematode species were isolated from the arsenic-rich sediments of Mono Lake
Nematodes dominate out of the ten animal species in the lake’s water and sediments
A new culturable Auanema species survives 500 times the human lethal dose of arsenic
Arsenic resistance is a common feature of the Auanema genus and a preadaptive trait
Auanema (Order Rhabditida) is unique in that it exhibits trioecy: the co-existence of males, females and hermaphrodites

Newly Identified Nematodes from Mono Lake Exhibit Extreme Arsenic Resistance