An adaptive trait is an aspect of the developmental pattern of the organism which enables or enhances the probability of that organism surviving and reproducing.
Much of our work is done using the powerful model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, which enables us to combine genetics, cell biology, and genomic approaches.
These inherent cell variations have been gaining recognition in their contribution to cell robustness, which enables organisms to survive in the ever-changing environment [ 1- 4].
To cope with such oxidative damage and insure normal signaling events, Antarctic microbes have developed complex and precisely controlled antioxidant systems by regulating cellular gene expression which enables organisms to maintain proteins and other cellular components as usual.
The facility for such control lies in the organism's genetic infrastructure which enables selective synthesis of enzymes and allosteric regulation of their activities.
The target organisms are characterized by enzyme systems that metabolize the substrate to release the chromogen, which enables the organisms to display a typical color.
Adherence is a means of colonizing the appropriate ecological niche, which enables the organism to resist being swept away by mucosal secretions, with subsequent proliferation and colonization in the gut and may be followed by enterotoxin production or invasion [ 36].
Food is often stored as a specialized complex carbohydrate known as paramylon, which enables the organisms to survive in low-light conditions.
However, it appears that manganic chelation limited the degradative process and that the most efficient conditions for any given species may be that which enables the organisms to adequately produce chelating compounds.
Moreover, their filiform shape is characteristic for nematodes in oxygen-limited environments and may result in increased mobility, which enables these organisms to migrate between anoxic patches and parts of the sediment where oxygen is available and/or to bridge the gap between oxic and anoxic patches with their body [23].
