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Eukaryotes in Extreme Environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/zoology/extreme.html

This article is a compilation of information about free-living eukaryotes in extreme environments. Written in summary form, it includes anaerobes, thermophiles, psychrophiles, acidophiles, ...

Was the Environment for Primordial Life Hypersaline? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrie...

This journal article explores the possibility that Halobacteria may have been one of the original forms of life. Many scientists are turning to Archaea as having a role in the origin of life, but ...

Biology of Moderately Halophilic Aerobic Bacteria part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mmbr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/62/2/504

Biology of Moderately Halophilic Aerobic Bacteria is a 41-page, in-depth review article. It includes detailed sections about the taxonomy and phylogeny, ecology, physiology, enzymes, cell envelopes, ...

Halophiles in Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://archive.seti.org/videos/halophiles.mov

This two-minute video interview with SETI researcher Rocco Mancinelli describes his interest in halophiles and their adaptive abilities to withstand extreme environments, including the vacuum and ...

Halobacteria part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.micro.siu.edu/

This is an upper level halophiles lecture from a Physiology and Biochemistry of Microorganisms class. It offers a detailed description of halophile physiology including lipid composition, surface ...

Microbial Wonders of the Deep: Halophiles part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.thesecondlayer.com/marine/halophiles.html

This reference site describes the adaptations of truly halophilic organisms that have a dependency upon high salt concentrations for survival. It discusses the creation of different hypersaline ...

Microbial Wonders of the Deep part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.thesecondlayer.com/marine/

Microbial Wonders of the Deep explores a number of interesting and highly adaptive organisms within some of the most extreme environments imaginable- those of the deep ocean. The website focuses on ...

Exobiology in the Solar System and the Search for Life on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.esa.int/esapub/sp/sp1231/sp1231.pdf

This 180-page report of the European Space Agency offers an exobiological view of the solar system and describes the search for life on Mars. Exobiology sections include: chemical evolution in the ...

A Natural View of Microbial Biodiversity within Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mat Communities part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mmbr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/62/4/1353

This 18-page review summarizes a decade of research studying hot spring cyanobacterial mats as models for understanding principles of microbial community ecology. It addresses the emergence of ...

Cabo Rojo Salterns Microbial Observatory part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://cuhwww.upr.clu.edu/~salterns/

This web site is home of the Cabo Rojo Salterns Microbial Observatory. The Cabo Rojo salterns are located in the Southwest region of Puerto Rico and are composed of an estuary, surrounded by natural ...

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