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Bacteria under ice: Some don't like it hot part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arc99/2_13_99/fob3.htm
This article written by Richard Monastersky of Science News Online describes the work of Martin Sharp of the University of Alberta and colleagues from the United Kingdom. This group began searching ...

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 ...

Ferroplasma acidarmanus part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/draft_microbes/ferac/ferac.hom...
This web page provides a description and photograph of Ferroplasma acidarmanus, a newfound archaeon microbe that eats iron, lives in acid-drenched conditions, and has been identified as a chief ...

Cold Climate, Warm Climates: How Can We Tell Past Temperatures? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/1999_schmidt_01/
This brief NASA article provides general information about paleoclimatology (the study of past climate). Focusing on ice core data and foraminifera (shelled marine microorganisms) in deep sea ...

Nanobacteria Research Page part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=2265
This Mississippi State University Geosciences web page contains detailed information about nannobacteria. It includes a brief history of nannobacteria, information regarding the controversy ...

Endoliths part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/endolith.html
This Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Space Flight article describes endoliths, organisms that live inside rocks. Key vocabulary within the article is hyperlinked to similar descriptive ...

Evidence of Ancient Martian Life in Meteorite ALH84001? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/summary/alh84001
This NASA website provides a summary of a study led by NASA's David McKay that may provide evidence for past life on Mars. McKay and his team found carbonate globule features on the ALH84001 ...

Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms Proceedings of a Workshop part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9638
This National Academy of Sciences web page provides links to discussions and papers regarding whether or not nanobacteria may be considered life forms based on size constraints. The papers and ...

Deep Life in the Slow, Slow Lane part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.296.5570.1056
This Science Magazine article provides an overview of microorganisms able to survive deep beneath the Earth's surface. These organisms live on and within rock, slowly eating away at the rock as ...

Glass Munchers Under the Sea part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/2001/10/29/glass-m...
This NASA Astrobiology Institute article documents recent findings of bacterial life beneath the sea floor. These newly discovered bacteria are thought to live as far down as 500 meters beneath the ...