Artemia lab
The brine shrimp Artemia is an aquatic invertebrate that are widely used as a live feed for farmed fish and shrimps. It has also become popular animal model organisms in many biological disciplines. The model Artemia offers a multipurpose platform to carry out cutting-edge basic and applied researches in the field of farmed aquatic and terrestrial animals.
![Adult artemia against black background. Photo.](/globalassets/ew/org/inst/huv/bilder/bilder-per-amne/fisk/artemai-adult-880px-web.jpg?width=400&upscale=false)
Brine shrimp Artemia as an animal model for biological research
As an animal model, Artemia has several important advantages over other model systems
- Small size
- Inexpensive and easy to handle
- Highly controllable and high-throughout
- Continuous supply/availability of the animals for experiments
- Possibility to run experiments under germ-free conditions
- Genome sequenced
- Whole-animal realistic responses
- Genetics and molecular toolboxes optimized (RNAi, qPCR, immunoblot and immunohistochemistry, microscopy)
Photo: Artemia adult fed with green microalgae (source: Asia Regional Artemia Reference Center, China)
Published: 03 April 2024 - Page editor: marie.liljeholm@slu.se
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