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Chromium(VI) Reduction Pathway Map part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://umbbd.ethz.ch/cr6/cr6_map.html
This site describes chrome pathways in the environment with respect to several different bacteria species. This site also contains links to references, compounds, and microbe identification as well ...

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.

Extremophiles part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://atropos.as.arizona.edu/aiz/teaching/a204/extremop...
This article introduces the reader to the diversity and significance of extremophiles. Descriptions are provided of the habitat and ecology of thermophiles, psychrophiles (cold lovers), acidophiles, ...

Effect of humic acids on the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from aquifers contaminated with petroleum part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.bioremediationgroup.org/BioReferences/Tier1Pa...
This web paper investigates the influence of humic acids on the microbial degradation of PAHs in fuel and oil products at a contaminated site. Solubility and mobility of PAHs in contaminated aquifers ...

Deinococcus geothermalis part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/deige/deige.home.html
Site describes the radiation resistant microbe Deinococcus geothermalis and a close relative. Included in the web page is a list of References. The site also has links to other aspect of the microbe ...

Microbial Genomics part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/microbial/index.html
Web page with links to microbes in the JGI system than have finished genomes and draft genomes. There are also links to JGI home page, genome portal home, and the human genome project.

Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/finished_microbes/burfu/burfu....
This web page describes the microbe Burkholderia xenovorans strain LB400. Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 is a know aerobic degrader of PCBs, as well as degrading benzoate. The page gives some genomic ...

Methylobium petroleophilum part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/finished_microbes/metpe/metpe....
This web page features the microbe Methylobium petroleophilum strain PM1 that can grow on and completely degrade the fuel additive MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether). The page gives some genomic ...

Research Team Discovers First Evidence of Microbes Living in a Rock Glacier part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100591&org...
This NSF press release reports that scientists have discovered evidence of microbial activity in a rock glacier high above tree line in the Rocky Mountains, a barren environment previously thought to ...

McMurdo LTER Project Overview part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.mcmlter.org/project.htm
The site provides background on the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Project, an interdisciplinary study of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a cold desert region of ...