A study of the extraordinarily strong and tough silk produced by bagworms

Taiyo Yoshioka; Takuya Tsubota; Kohji Tashiro; Akiya Jouraku; Tsunenori Kameda

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09350-3

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

A study of the extraordinarily strong and tough silk produced by bagworms

Taiyo Yoshioka,
Takuya Tsubota,
Kohji Tashiro,
Akiya Jouraku,
Tsunenori Kameda

Affiliations

Taiyo Yoshioka: Silk Materials Research Unit, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Takuya Tsubota: Transgenic Silkworm Research Unit, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Kohji Tashiro: Department of Future Industry-Oriented Basic Science and Materials, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyota Technological Institute
Akiya Jouraku: Insect Genome Research and Engineering Unit, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Tsunenori Kameda: Silk Materials Research Unit, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09350-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Spider silk is widely studied for its structural properties; however, other creatures produce silk that could be of interest. Here, the authors study the properties and structure of Bagworm silk and report it as being extraordinarily strong and tough compared to other known silks.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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