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Salt of the Early Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/223/salt-of-the-early-...
This astrobiology news article analyzes the role salt played in the evolution of life on Earth. It explains why scientists have long assumed that life originated in the sea and describes the history ...

New research challenges prevailing theory of microbial diversity part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/03072508190...
In this web article, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley sampled the microbe Sulfolobus islandicus from acidic hot springs across the world to study microbe diversity. The article ...

Astrobiology Roadmap part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/

Isolation of a 250 million-year-old halotolerant bacterium from a primary salt crystal part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v407/n6806/abs/4078...
This journal article reports the isolation and growth of a previously unrecognized spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus species) from a brine inclusion within a 250-million-year-old salt crystal from ...

Microbe Mysteries Probed part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.dailycal.org/article/12548/microbe_mysteries_...
This brief news article examines differences in genetic makeup of microbes in geothermal features all over the world. The article discusses geography as a major factor in genetic divergence, rather ...

Evolution and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Invertebrates part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1067361
This Science Magazine article reviews the diversity, evolution, and biogeography of deep-sea vent and seep invertebrates. Beginning with their initial discovery in 1977, this article examines the ...

Conan the Bacterium part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://astrobio.net/pressrelease/353/conan-the-bacterium
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 ...

Yellowstone Microbes Tapped to Settle Species Question part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/03092905582...
Microbial ecology professor Dave Ward of the Montana State University-Bozeman is featured in this web article that focuses on studies of microbial diversity in Yellowstone National Park’s hot ...

Great Moments in Science: Light of Life 3 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s608548.htm
This Great Moments in Science radio transcript describes photons of light (not to be confused with bioluminescence) that can be seen only with the most sensitive photodetectors. Scientists believe ...

The secrets of deep intra-terrestrial microbes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://web.archive.org/web/20061010081652/http://www.gmm...
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 ...