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Alkaliphiles: Applications of Their Products for Biotechnology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10585964/#:~:text=Alkali...
This 16-page in-depth review article details the biotechnological applications of alkaliphiles. It begins by discussing the definition and history of alkaliphiles, and then analyzes their ...

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, ...

Glacial lake hides bacteria part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=1098
This article highlights the published work of a geomicrobiology research team led by Eric Gaidos from the University of Hawaii and Brian Lanoil, from the University of California, Riverside. This ...

Phylogenetic Analysis of the Hyperthermophilic Pink Filament Community in Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?arti...
This journal article reports the molecular phylogenetic approach used to analyze a microbial community associated with the 84 to 88 degrees C outflow from Octopus Spring. The authors perform ...

Signature Lipids and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Octopus Spring Hyperthermophilic Communities Compared with Those of Aquificales Representatives part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AEM.67.11.5179-5189...
This journal article reports a study originally intended to examine the microbial composition of Octopus Spring and nearby vent biofilms. The article compares the lipid profiles of several genera ...

Seasonal Distributions of Dominant 16S rRNA-Defined Populations in a Hot Spring Microbial Mat Examined by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.63.4.1375-1381....
This journal abstract reports the distributions of bacterial populations within a microbial mat of Octopus Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Sites along the thermal gradient of the spring's ...

Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Profiles of 16S rRNA-Defined Populations Inhabiting a Hot Spring Microbial Mat Community part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.62.2.340-346.1996
This journal abstract reports population profiles of different temperature regions in the microbial mat community of Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park based on denaturing gradient gel ...

Thermocrinis ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a Pink-Filament-Forming Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Isolated from Yellowstone National Park part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/AEM.64.10.3576...
This journal abstract describes a novel hyperthermophilic bacterium isolated from pink filamentous streamers occurring in the upper outflow channel of Octopus Spring in Yellowstone National Park. The ...

Alkaline Hypersaline Lakes as Analogs for Ancient Microbial Habitats on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/sci/fifthconf99/6136.pdf
This site features a scientific article associated with the Mars Global Surveyor Project, reporting data collected from a study analyzing Mono Lake as a terrestrial analog to Mars. The study is ...

Competitive Dominance among Strains of Luminous Bacteria Provides an Unusual Form of Evidence for Parallel Evolution in Sepiolid Squid-Vibrio Symbioses part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AEM.64.9.3209-3213....
This Applied and Environmental scholarly article reports experimental evidence of parallel speciation patterns in Squid-Vibrio symbioses. The article presents the derived molecular phylogenies for an ...