Educators Collection part of Extreme Environments:Extremely Cold
Featured Resources Sequencing Microbial Genomes to Uncover Potential Applications Relevant to DOE Missions: This website houses The Microbial Genome Program, genomic sequence data of bacteria studied by the U.S. ...

Advanced Collection part of Extreme Environments:Extremely Hot
Online Resources Light-Induced Motility of Thermophilic Synechococcus Isolates from Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park: This journal abstract reports that light-induced motility of different cyanobacterial ...

Iceland part of Extreme Environments:Extremely Hot
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Kamchatka part of Extreme Environments:Extremely Hot
Kamchatka is a 1,500 kilometer long peninsula in far eastern Russia, roughly the size of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland combined. With 30 active volcanoes, geothermal features such as geysers and hot springs, ...

Yellowstone National Park: Advanced Collection part of Extreme Environments:Extremely Hot
Online Resources Cataloguing and Mapping Extreme Microorganisms in Yellowstone National Park: Internet Based Microbial Database and Map Server (A Prototype) (http://gis.inel.gov/ynp/default.htm): This site is a ...

Yellowstone National Park: General Collection part of Extreme Environments:Extremely Hot
Online Resources NASA Research Focuses on Yellowstone's Hot Springs and Compares Findings to Rocks from Mars (more info) : This NASA Astrobiology Institute website features an article by the Yellowstone Park ...

Educators' Collection part of Extreme Environments:Radiation
Featured Resources Physical Control of Microorganisms:This site contains notes for an introductory Microbiology class studying the physical control of microorganisms...(more info) Life in Extreme Environments:The ...

Advanced Collection part of Extreme Environments:Radiation
Rubrobacter xylanophilus (more info) :This web site features the microbe Rubrobacter xylanophilus. This organism was found to be extremely gamma-radiation resistant. This organism was also found to be slightly ...

Educators' Collection part of Extreme Environments:Under Pressure
Featured Resources Looking for life in all the wrong places - research on cryptoendoliths (more info) :This article highlights the professional careers of two pioneer microbiologists, Imre Friedmann and his wife ...

General Collection part of Extreme Environments:Under Pressure
Featured Resources Is Life Thriving Deep Beneath the Seafloor?:In 1991, scientists aboard the submersible Alvin sailed into the aftermath of a very recent volcanic eruption on the seafloor. This article published ...