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Desulfitobacterium hafniense part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/draft_microbes/desha/desha.hom...
Web page highlingts the microbe Desulfitobacterium. Thess microbes can anaerobicaly dehalogenate both aromatic and alkyl chlorinated compounds. Compounds including chlorinated phenols, chlorinated ...

"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0917_040...
This news article introduces extremophiles, microbes found thriving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth. It reviews the differences between extremophiles and mesophiles, and how archaea ...

Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Fertilization Facts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://web.archive.org/web/20170829041029/http://www.ipn...
This Potash and Phosphate Institutes of US and Canada article provides a detailed overview of the Gulf of Mexico low oxygen zone and its connection to fertilizer use along the Mississippi River. It ...

The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.smm.org/deadzone/
This Science Museum of Minnesota interactive site is designed to teach elementary school kids about the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. It addresses the questions what is a dead zone, what causes it, and ...

The Chesapeake Bay's Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbf.org/issues/dead-zones/index.html
This Chesapeake Bay Foundation fact sheet provides information regarding the cause and growth of the Chesapeake Bay dead zone. The site also addresses possible solutions to the hypoxia and includes a ...

Phylum: Tardigrada (water bears, tardigrades) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/metazoa/tardigrades/...
This web page describes water bears, minute animals that can remain dormant in a dry state for over 100 years. The page addresses what they are, where they are found, their general biology, ...

The Winogradsky Column: An Animated Tutorial part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content...
This five-minute animated tutorial describes Winogradsky columns. The tutorial shows how to create a Winogradsky Column, describes the various layers and types of microbes in a column, and explains ...

Exobiology in the Solar System and the Search for Life on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.esa.int/esapub/sp/sp1231/sp1231.pdf
This 180-page report of the European Space Agency offers an exobiological view of the solar system and describes the search for life on Mars. Exobiology sections include: chemical evolution in the ...

Extremophiles: Laboratory part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/projects.php?projectID=14
This website is home of the Extremophiles Research Laboratory at the University of New South Wales. It includes a brief introduction to the lab, contact information for team leader Rick Cavicchioli, ...

Life without Volcanic Heat part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/news_stories/news_detail.cfm?ID=52
This site is a news article by NASA Astrobiology Institute featuring Deborah Kelly from the University of Washington. She talks about the navigational challenges of reaching this newly discovered ...