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The Microbial Arsenic Cycle in Mono Lake, California part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson/arsenic/references/Orem...
This minireview summarizes the biogeochemical arsenic cycle in the alkaline, hypersaline Mono Lake. Some prokaryotes of the lake have evolved biochemical mechanisms to exploit arsenate and arsenite, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Extremophilic Bacteria and Microbial Diversity part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/raven6b/graphics/raven...
This online enhancement chapter of Raven and Johnson's Biology, a textbook for undergraduate majors, examines the many prokaryotic organisms that inhabit "extreme ...

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 ...

Alkaliphilic Micro-0rganisms and Habitats part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/issues/biy-02-26-...
This review article summarizes the current status of the biodiversity of alkaliphilic microorganisms in various environments and outlines aspects of their biotechnological potential. The article ...

Anaerobranca californiensis sp. nov., An Anaerobic, Alkalithermophilic, Fermentative Bacterium Isolated From a Hot Spring on Mono Lake part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://web.archive.org/web/20070630035317/http://ijs.sg...
This journal article reports the isolation of a novel, obligately anaerobic, alkaliphilic, thermophilic, halotolerant, chemo-organotrophic bacterium from the sediment of an alkaline hot spring ...

Microbial Diversity of Soda Lake Habitats part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://opus.tu-bs.de/opus/volltexte/2003/477/pdf/baumgar...
This dissertation details the microbial diversity of soda lake habitats. To preface the research, the author includes a table displaying world-wide distribution of soda lakes and soda deserts, a ...

Extremophiles: Microbial Life in Extreme Environments part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book provides a detailed overview of extremophiles, life-forms that thrive under some of the harshest conditions found on Earth. Over the course of 11 contributed chapters, 26 experts from ...