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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 ...

Geomicrobiology: How Molecular-Scale Interactions Underpin Biogeochemical Systems part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;296/...
This Science scholarly article discusses the molecular biology behind geomicrobiology. It features sections about microbial diversity, microbial activity in the environment, mechanistic details, the ...

Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. Dive and Discover brings you right on board ...

Dive and Discover: Juan de Fuca Ridge part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/expedition8/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...

Dive and Discover's Deeper Discovery: Hydrothermal Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/vents/index.html
Dive and Discover is an interactive distance learning web site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and exploration of the deep seafloor. On this particular website, Dive and ...

Phylogenetic characterization of the bacterial assemblage associated with mucous secretions of the hydrothermal vent polychaete Paralvinella palmiformis part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ifremer.fr/docelec/doc/2002/publication-661.pdf
This FEMS Microbiology Ecology journal article features a culture-independent molecular analysis of the bacterial assemblage associated with mucous secretions of the Northeastern Pacific vent ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keeping "Cool" at Deep-Sea Vents part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/2001/4/23/keeping-...
This Astrobiology Magazine article reports that a research team of marine scientists has determined that water chemistry controls the location and distribution of two species of weird worms ...

The Worm that Boasts Earth's Hottest Lifestyle part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://annex.exploratorium.edu/aaas-2001/dispatches/the...
This brief Exploratorium dispatch reports that the Pompeii worm, an inhabitant of hydrothermal vent ecosystems, can withstand hotter temperatures than any other creature on earth can -- except for ...