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Breathing Arsenate: Microbes, Minerals, Mono Lake, and Maybe Even Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_chemtherm/FinalAb...

This abstract explains the discovery and significance of certain diverse and novel bacterial species achieving anaerobic growth using arsenate, rather than oxygen, as a respiratory electron acceptor. ...

Huelva Province: Rio Tinto Mines part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.andalucia.com/province/huelva/riotinto/home.htm

This web site offers information about the Rio Tinto in Andalucia, Spain. It describes the opencast mine structures, landscape, rich history, and regional influence of the Rio Tinto mines. Part of a ...

From Genes to Genomes: Beyond Biodiversity in Spain's Rio Tinto part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/full/204/2/205

This journal article reports the unexpectedly high eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity in Spain's Rio Tinto. Microbes of the Rio Tinto must be both acidophilic and tolerant of heavy metals to survive. ...

The Little Workers of the Mining Industry part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.bioteach.ubc.ca/Bioengineering/microbialminin...

This biotechnology reference site describes the role of microbes in the mining industry. Written in textbook format, the site includes sections about biomineralization, bioleaching, stirred tank ...

An Archaeal Iron-Oxidizing Extreme Acidophile Important in Acid Mine Drainage part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/287/5459/1796.pdf

This scientific paper describes the isolation, identification and physiology a new species of iron-oxidizing Archaea capable of growth at pH 0. This species was isolated from an acid mine drainage ...

Bangor Acidophile Research Team (BART), University of Wales. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://biology.bangor.ac.uk/research/bart/

This website is operated by the Bangor Acidophile Research Team (BART), which is based in the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at the University of Wales. The group studies extremophiles, with a ...

Growth in sulfidic mineral environments: metal resistance mechanisms in acidophilic micro-organisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/149/8/1959

This scientific review paper summarizes the knowledge of acidophile metal resistance, which allows acidophiles to survive in acidic metal-rich environments, such as areas affected by acid mine ...

Acidophiles in bioreactor mineral processing part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://springerlink.metapress.com/link.asp?id=f4x3awqfdg...

This scientific paper provides a brief introduction into the use and development of industrial mineral-processing bioreactors and reviews the variety of microfloral species used in bioreactors. ...

Microbial Mining part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.spaceship-earth.org/REM/BRIERLEY.htm

This article discusses the use of microbial populations in the bioleaching of valuble ores from rock near or within the subsurface of the Earth.

Arthrobacter part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Arthrobacter

This site describes the bacterium Arthrobacter and its classification, description/significance, structure, metabolism, ecology, cultivation, and references. This site also contains links to Virginia ...

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