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Microbial Factor-Mediated Development in a Host-Bacterial Mutualism part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Science Magazine scholarly article explores the function of bacterial signal molecule Tracheal cytotoxin (TCT) in the mutualistic symbiosis between the bacterium Vibrio fischeri and the squid ...

The Nishiguchi Laboratory of Symbiosis and Evolutionary Biology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This New Mexico State University faculty page highlights the lab of Michele Nishiguchi, which studies symbiosis and evolutionary biology. The image-rich site includes links to lab members, ...

Extreme Halophiles Are Models for Astrobiology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Microbe Magazine article promotes the study of extremophiles, such as halophiles on Earth, as a way to provide helpful insights in our search for life elsewhere in the universe. It reports that ...

Vorticella: Life on a Spring part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observation of Vorticella isolated from a ditch on a country road. The article describes the appearance of Vorticella and details ...

Bacteria: Ya Can't Live Without Um! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observations of bacteria. It discusses the importance of bacteria to the biosphere and examines their role in decomposition, ...

Paramecium bursaria, It's Easy Being Green! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observations of Paramecium bursaria. Written as a notebook entry, it discusses the relationship between P. bursaria and the ...

Late Postembryonic Development of the Symbiotic Light Organ of Euprymna scolopes (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This image-rich Biological Bulletin scholarly article describes the final developmental stage of the symbiotic light organ system of squid host Euprymna scolopes with bacteria Vibrio fischeri. It ...

A peroxidase related to the mammalian antimicrobial protein myeloperoxidase in the Euprymna-Vibrio mutualism part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences scholarly article provides evidence for the enhanced production of an enzyme in the symbiotic organ of the squid Euprymna scolopes, which harbors ...

NO means 'yes' in the squid-vibrio symbiosis: nitric oxide (NO) during the initial stages of a beneficial association part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Cellular Microbiology scholarly article provides evidence that nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and its product nitric oxide (NO) are active during the colonization of the Euprymna scolopes (squid) ...

New research challenges prevailing theory of microbial diversity part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In this web article, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley sampled the microbe Sulfolobus islandicus from acidic hot springs across the world to study microbe diversity. The article ...