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Antarctic Microbes Colonize under Mars-like Conditions part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This on-line news article takes a look at Antarctic biology over the last 20 years, highlighting the recent discovery of microbes that occupy one of the closest Mars-like terrestrial habitats on ...
Conan the Bacterium part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This on-line news article reveals the defense strategy of radiation-resistant Deinococcus radiodurans to be a tightly packed ring of DNA. The article explores the hypothesis of some that indicates ...
New Signs of Polar Life part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article from Astrobiology Magazine focuses on the large colonies of micro-organisms that have been found living beneath rocks from extreme polar habitats. These photosynthetic micro-organisms ...
Life Under a Spanish Red River part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This magazine article introduces the Rio Tinto - a polluted, acidic river in Spain - and its significance in the Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment (MARTE). As part of NASA�s search ...
Deinococcus radiodurans part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides general information on the radiation tolerant microbe Deinococcus radiodurans. This compilation of resources includes news articles, photographs, references, and a short lecture ...
Bizarre Life Forms Thrive Beneath Earth's Surface part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Bugs from Hell part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA Astrobiology Institute article provides information about life found approximately 2 miles beneath the Earth's surface. These rock-dwelling ...
The secrets of deep intra-terrestrial microbes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Deep Biosphere Laboratory website presents an image-rich introductory overview of life in the deep biosphere. It addresses: what is a microbe, how deep do they live, how do deep rock microbes ...
Extreme 2002: Mission to the Abyss part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the expedition page of the 2002 Mission to the Abyss. Developed by the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies, the site highlights the mission and crew, seafloor geology, ...
Microbial Mat Education Page part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA educational page features Earth's Earliest Ecosystems in the Classroom: a web site dedicated to the use of microbial mats to illustrate and demonstrate general principles of scientific ...