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Bring Um Back Alive: Techniques for Finding and Studying Living Microorganisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/collecting.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features tips from a micro-naturalist about finding and studying microorganisms. Topics include sampling micro-life communities, care of collected samples, more ...

Glorious Guts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/guts/guts1.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's account of protistan symbionts of termites. It examines the relationships between the symbionts and their hosts and offers ...

Vorticella: Life on a Spring part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Vorticella1.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observation of Vorticella isolated from a ditch on a country road. The article describes the appearance of Vorticella and details ...

Oregon GEAR UP part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://gearup.ous.edu/
This is the home page for Oregon GEAR UP, an organization partnering with the Red Layer Microbial Observatory Project to provide a variety of educational opportunities for secondary (8-12th grade) ...

Nassula, Under Attack part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Nassulab.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observation of Nassula. In this account, Nassula have been deprived of their food supply and a few are unable to form protective ...

Nassula, The Chain Eater part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Nassula.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observation of Nassula. It includes sections about feeding behaviors, culturing, and encystment. Images show Nassula eating the ...

Didinium: A Wolf Comes Calling part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Didinium.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observation of Didinium. It examines the feeding behaviors of Didinia, including the capture, poisoning, and digestion of ...

Bacteria: Ya Can't Live Without Um! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Bacteria.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observations of bacteria. It discusses the importance of bacteria to the biosphere and examines their role in decomposition, ...

Colpidium: Rabbit of the Microcosm part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Colpidium.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observations of Colpidium. It is written as a notebook entry tracing the activities of Colpidium in a sample collected from a ...

Paramecium bursaria, It's Easy Being Green! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ebiomedia.com/gall/micronat/Pbursaria.html
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observations of Paramecium bursaria. Written as a notebook entry, it discusses the relationship between P. bursaria and the ...