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Hot Springs Microbes Hold Key To Dating Sedimentary Rocks, Researchers Say part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/08012215460...
This is a ScienceDaily article about the effect of microbes on sedimentary rock formation. It covers the process of calcium carbonate crystalization, the effect of microbes on that process, and how ...

EvoWiki - Viruses part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/Virus
This is an entry in The Evolution Education Wiki. Topics covered include viral morphology, classification, and education. There are numerous links to related EvoWiki pages, as well as links to ...

Bacteria: Fossil Record part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteriafr.html
This description of the fossil record of bacteria focuses on one particular group of bacteria, the cyanobacteria or blue-green algae, which have left a fossil record that extends far back into the ...

"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0917_040...
This news article introduces extremophiles, microbes found thriving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth. It reviews the differences between extremophiles and mesophiles, and how archaea ...

Mopping up arsenic part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.geotimes.org/feb05/trends.html#arsenic
This Geotimes article focuses on arsenic and discusses the problem of ground water laden with arsenic compounds, and how remediation of these waters can be done using various methods including ...

Soil Crusts: Technical Reference part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/advanced.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides a link to download a 90-page PDF report summarizing current knowledge about biological soil crusts, with emphasis on crusts found in the ...

References part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/refer.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page contains links to the Canyonlands Research Station's complete biological soil crust reference list. These soil crusts are also known as ...

Canyon Country Ecosystems Research Site (CCERS) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/ccers.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides information about research dedicated to the long-term study of the ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau. The page covers in brief the ...

Garbage-eating Geobacter part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.geotimes.org/feb05/trends.html#geobacter
This Geotimes article highlights recent work done by Derek Lovley on the microbe Geobacter. The article discusses the ability of Geobacter to eat metal wastes as well as the prospect of using ...

Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Fertilization Facts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://web.archive.org/web/20170829041029/http://www.ipn...
This Potash and Phosphate Institutes of US and Canada article provides a detailed overview of the Gulf of Mexico low oxygen zone and its connection to fertilizer use along the Mississippi River. It ...