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BIOLOGY OF WOLBACHIA part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is an extensive review of Wolbachia biology published in 1997. Topics covered include history of discovery and study, phylogeny and distribution, Wolbachia-induced alterations in host ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution, Molecular Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Bibliography, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

ATTACK OF THE SUPERBUGS: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page contains an article from The Science Creative Quarterly on acquired antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Topics covered include the discovery of antibiotics, the history and scope of ...
Subject: Biology: Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population, Human Population:Epidemics, Pandemics, Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Evolution, Ecology, Evolution:Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)

How Many Wolbachia Supergroups Exist? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a brief article from Molecular Biology and Evolution (2002) on classification of Wolbachia by molecular phylogenetics. The introduction to the paper provides an overview of previous ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Diversity, Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Patterns
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Research Results, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional

Two faces of the prokaryote concept part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review article from International Microbiology (2006) which explores the history and future of the prokaryote concept. Topics covered include the seminal 1962 'Concept of a ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Principles, Biology:Diversity, Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Advanced sequencing technologies and their wider impact in microbiology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review of DNA sequencing technologies published in The Journal of Experimental Biology in 2007. Several technologies are covered in detail - Sanger, 454, and polony approaches to sequencing ...
Subject: Biology: Chemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Wolbachia: Evolutionary novelty in a rickettsial bacteria part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a research article on Wolbachia evolution published in BMC Evolutionary Biology in 2001. It presents a molecular phylogenetic study of Wolbachia, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia. Two gene ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Parasitism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Bibliography, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Mix and match: how climate selects phytoplankton part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a research article from the journal Nature on the link between climate-driven physical processes and evolution of microbial communities in the ocean. Topics covered include oceanic nutrient ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Evolution of climate and atmosphere, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Evolution, Ecology, Biodiversity, Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Biological, Biology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Oceanography, Biogeosciences , Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Climate feedbacks, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Biology:Ecology:Food Webs:Microbial Food Webs, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Habitats, Food Webs, Principles, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Diversity, Ecology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Paleoclimate records, Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional

My Name is LUCA—The Last Universal Common Ancestor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page contains an article about the nature of the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Topics covered include an introduction to the three domains of life and LUCA, the search for a minimal set ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Evolution:Processes, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Diversity, Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Bibliography, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)

Systematics of the Archaea part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page provides information on classification of archaea. There is an explanation of ribosomal DNA and its use in molecular phylogenetics, Carl Woese's discovery of the three kingdoms of ...
Subject: Biology: Biology, Molecular Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology, Evolution, Diversity
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)

Archaea part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page is part of the Tree of Life Web Project and is a jumping-off point for information about archaea. There are links to Tree of Life pages with more detailed information on two of the three ...
Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology, Evolution, Diversity
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Bibliography, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), General Public, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)