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Status of the Microbial Census part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This article from Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews provides an overview of the status of microbial diversity census efforts as of 2004. The authors describe a novel bioinformatics approach ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Evolution:Bioinformatics, Patterns, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology, Molecular Biology, Evolution, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Biology:Ecology, Diversity:Censuses, Biology:Diversity, Ecology:Metabolism, Habitats:Terrestrial, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional

Sequences, sequence clusters and bacterial species part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review article on bacterial species definition from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (2006). The paper covers current/past means of identifying bacterial species, ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology, Microbiology, Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Diversity, Evolution, Evolution:Principles
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

The bacterial species definition in the genomic era part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a research article published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (2006). The authors use a comparative genomics approach to evaluate the current bacterial species ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Evolution, Diversity, Evolution:Principles, Patterns
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional

Global patterns in bacterial diversity part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is an article article about global bacterial diversity published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007. The authors performed a meta-analysis of bacterial diversity data ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Microbiology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Evolution, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Biology:Diversity:Censuses, Biology:Diversity, Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Terrestrial, Marine
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources, Research Results
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional

Microbial diversity in the deep sea and the underexplored “rare biosphere” part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2006. The authors used a new high-throughput DNA sequencing technology to show that marine microbial communities ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology, Molecular Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Biology:Ecology, Diversity:Censuses, Biology:Diversity, Ecology:Habitats, Habitats:Marine, Biology:Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Protist taxonomy: an ecological perspective. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review article on methods, concepts, and challenges in the field of protist taxonomy. Topics covered include an introduction to protist diversity and classification; the link between ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Microscopy, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Diversity, Ecology, Evolution, Ecology:Principles, Food Webs, Food Webs:Microbial Food Webs
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional

Recombination confounds interpretations of Wolbachia evolution. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page contains a research article about Wolbachia evolution published in 2001. The authors present evidence of recombination between Wolbachia strains based on phylogenetic analyses. This ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Patterns, Bioinformatics, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution:Principles, Biology:Molecular Biology, Evolution, Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism, Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

Cell evolution and Earth history: stasis and revolution part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This review paper synthesizes data from paleontology, comparative morphology, and molecular phylogenetics into a cohesive (if extremely controversial) model of the evolution of life on Earth. Topics ...
Subject: Biology: Chemistry, Geoscience:Paleontology:Evolution , Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Diversity, Evolution, Evolution:Principles, Patterns
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Opinion, Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Introduction: how and when did microbes change the world? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review article published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. It summarizes the current consensus and points of debate regarding the age and history of life on Earth. It ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology :Evolution of climate and atmosphere, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Biology, Geoscience:Paleontology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Evolution, Biogeochemical cycling, Biology:Microbiology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Evolution, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, History and evolution of Earth's climate
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional

Lateral gene transfers and the evolution eukaryotes: theories and data part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review article about the role of lateral gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution. It was published in 2002 and provides good perspective on ideas that had/were changing at the time of ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Processes, Patterns, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Principles
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)