[Life under minimal energy expenses].
Vital activity is impossible without energy. Lung ventilation, heart activity, digestion, secretion, locomotion--these functions require and consume a substantial amount of energy. But preservation of viability requires comparatively small amount of energy, and in some cases can manage almost without energy. A prolonged preservation of viability with minimal energy consumption we conventionally call life without energy. This special feature of living organisms is considered in the present work in a comparative physiological aspect.
Ivanov
K P
KP
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000378:metabolism; D019369:Life; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
D014867:Water