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Microbial Life in Extreme Environments

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Evolution 101: From Soup to Cells—the Origin of Life part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE2aOrigin...
This page is part of an evolutionary biology tutorial for teachers. It provides an overview of the origins of life. Subsequent pages cover possible mechanisms of abiogenesis, the search for ancient ...

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 ...

Virtual Vacationland part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/virtual
This resource, by the Bigelow Laboratory, is designed to help teachers and students find and use web-based Earth Sciences data and information. Content is arranged by topic: land topography, ...

Cycling through the Food Web part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/bacteria
This resource invites students to participate in a "virtual" scientific research cruise where they use real data to discover the significant role of marine microbes in the ocean’s ...

Ship Mates part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/shipmates
This resource, by the Bigelow Laboratory, provides an interactive media for teachers and students to study one of the world’s most biologically productive areas, the Gulf of Maine. From season to ...

From the Top of the World...to the Bottom of the Food Web part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/foodweb
This resource, by the Bigelow Laboratory, is designed to help teachers and students discover linkages among marine ecology, phytoplankton, the behavior of light at the ocean surface, and ...

Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms – Educational Activities part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.bigelow.org/edhab
This Bigelow Laboratory site is designed to helps students and teachers discover information about toxic and harmful algal blooms (HABs). Five online standards, based educational activities, explore ...

"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 ...

Cyanobacteria and the Cryptobiotic Crust part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/micr...
Cryptobiotic crusts are featured in this web page, with discussion on cryptobiotic communities, cyanobacteria, and other organisms that comprise this environment. The site provides numerous images of ...