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Microbial Life in Extreme Environments

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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 ...

An Introduction to Biological Soil Crusts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/crust101.htm
Biological soil crusts are the feature of this USGS Canyonlands Research Station website. The site provides an introduction to biological soil crusts with linked images, divided into the following ...

Soil Crusts: Technical Reference part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/advanced.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides a link to download a 90-page PDF report summarizing current knowledge about biological soil crusts, with emphasis on crusts found in the ...

References part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/refer.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page contains links to the Canyonlands Research Station's complete biological soil crust reference list. These soil crusts are also known as ...

Canyon Country Ecosystems Research Site (CCERS) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/ccers.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides information about research dedicated to the long-term study of the ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau. The page covers in brief the ...

Links To Related Web Sites & Publications part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/links.htm
This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides links related to biological soil crusts. The links include Soils/Biological Soil Crusts, Biological Soil Crusts - Webs of Life in the Desert ...

World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.molvisindex.org
This is a very inclusive site for 3-D viewing of biological molecules and their interactions. There are many links in this site for the modeling and visualizing of proteins and other biologically ...

Arthrobacter part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Arthrobacter
This site describes the bacterium Arthrobacter and its classification, description/significance, structure, metabolism, ecology, cultivation, and references. This site also contains links to Virginia ...

Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Profiles of 16S rRNA-Defined Populations Inhabiting a Hot Spring Microbial Mat Community part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.62.2.340-346.1996
This journal abstract reports population profiles of different temperature regions in the microbial mat community of Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park based on denaturing gradient gel ...

Microscopy For Children: A Bibliography part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.microscopy.org/education/projectmicro/index.cfm
This site is a bibliography of books, videotapes, CD-ROMs and websites on microscopy and related topics, for children, their teachers, and parents. Books include curriculum guides and supplemental ...