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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 ...

Cheating Death by Dehydration part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/207/10/i
This 'Inside JEB' journal article discusses the ability of tardigrades to undergo cryptobiosis. It briefly summarizes the experimental procedures used by Ralph Schill, Gunther Steinbruck ...

New Jersey Tardigrade Survey part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://tardigrade.us/nj-tardigrade-survey/
This image-rich web page represents highlights from the New Jersey Tardigrade Survey conducted by Michael Shaw, under the guidance of William Miller. A map of New Jersey site locations is followed by ...

The Garey Lab Page part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/%7Egarey/
This web page is home of the University of South Florida's Garey Lab, which studies invertebrate evolutionary relationships. The front page is dedicated to molecular and morphological studies of ...

Tardigrade Reference Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://tardigrade.acnatsci.org/
This web site features links to resources regarding tardigrade science and education. It is hosted by The Academy of Natural Sciences and was created by Dr. William Miller, a leading tardigrade ...

Dominance of Vibrio fischeri in Secreted Mucus outside the Light Organ of Euprymna scolopes: the First Site of Symbiont Specificity part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AEM.69.7.3932-3937....
This Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal article analyzes symbiont specificity of the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri symbiosis. Previous studies have demonstrated that, during ...

Consequences of Evolving with Bacterial Symbionts: Insights from the Squid-Vibrio Associations part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annu...
This Annual Reviews journal article provides an overview of progress of the study of the squid-vibrio association. The 25-page PDF article looks at the partners (bobtail squid and luminous bacterial ...

The development of cooperative associations between animals and bacteria: Establishing detente among domains part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3746/is_1998...
This scholarly journal article examines aspects of how alliances with prokaryotes may have been integrated into the mechanisms and patterns of host animal developmental programs. Major concepts ...

Microbial Diversity of Cryptoendolithic Communities from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/AEM.69.7.3858-...
This Applied and Environmental Microbiology abstract contains information about the diversity of Antarctic cryptoendoliths (microbes that live within rock pores), as determined by molecular studies. ...

Cryptoendolith Communities in Antarctic Dry Valley Region Sandstones: Potential Analogues of Martian Life-Forms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1576.pdf
This Lunar and Planetary Science article provides information about cryptoendolithic life (microbes living within rocks on the Earth's surface) in Antarctic sandstones. The purpose of the study ...