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The X-philes: microorganisms at the extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~wolfman/Essays/philes.html
This personal website of Richard Johnson, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University , gives a detailed overview of the field of extremophile research. Topics covered include ...

Chemical reaction believed to support underground microbes is now unlikely part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102906
This article published by the National Science Foundation reports on new findings that suggest hydrogen may not be an available energy source to bacteria living on or near the surface of the ocean ...

Taking Stock of Biodiversity part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://nature.nps.gov/publications/assets/docs/yir2002.pdf

Microbes on Earth May Be Key To Identifying Life On Other Planets part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/05/00050123503...
This site features a short article where Bruce Fouke of University of Illinois studies microbe metabolism in Mammoth Hot Springs of Yellowstone National Park for connections to extraterrestrial life. ...

Some Microbes Help Degrade Pollutants in Delaware River, Researchers Find part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.seagrantnews.org/news/20040623_microbeshelp.html
Brief news article on research of microorganism degrading polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's) in the Delaware Estuary. Site also has links to the Sea Grant News Media's Press center, Experts ...

The US Long Term Ecological Research Network part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.lternet.edu/
This is the home page for the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network, a collaborative effort involving more than 1800 scientists and students investigating ecological processes over long ...

Florida Red Tide Current Status part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://myfwc.com/research/redtide/
This Fish and Wildlife Research Institute website provides links to several Florida-based red tide sites. These sites include the current status of Florida's red tide, a photo gallery of red ...

Weather sends red tide packing part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hurricane-matthe...
This Mobile Register newspaper article provides general information about the impact of a cold front on red tide in Alabama. Red tide in the area had been rising until the front passed through, ...

Hunting Dangerous Algae from Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Redtide/
This NASA Earth Observatory article presents information about programs that are monitoring red tide and other harmful algal bloom (HAB) outbreaks from satellite imagery and remote sensing. This ...

Mass. Declares a Red Tide Disaster part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/09/tech/main70073...
This CBS news article provides very general information about the massive red tide outbreak in New England in 2005. The article states that the outbreak is costing the shellfish industry million ...