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Removal of Dibenzofuran, Dibenzo-p-Dioxin, and 2-Chlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin from Soils Inoculated with Sphingomonas sp. Strain RW1 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This research abstract, available through Applied and Environmental Microbiology, reports that inoculation of a soil with the species Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1 resulted in the removal of the ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Organic and Biochemistry, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Research Results
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Garbage-eating Geobacter part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Geotimes article highlights recent work done by Derek Lovley on the microbe Geobacter. The article discusses the ability of Geobacter to eat metal wastes as well as the prospect of using ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Surface Chemistry, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)

Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Fertilization Facts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Potash and Phosphate Institutes of US and Canada article provides a detailed overview of the Gulf of Mexico low oxygen zone and its connection to fertilizer use along the Mississippi River. It ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Habitats:Water Column
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anoxic
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)

Black Smokers part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This brief web article features black smokers and discusses the history of their discovery, the geologic processes creating black smokers, and the various life forms inhabiting this extreme ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), General Public, Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8)

Black Smoker, Hydrothermal Vent part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website features an overview of the research of Dr. Craig Cary at the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies. Dr. Cary's research focuses on black smokers and the ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Oceanography:Biological, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal:Hydrothermal Systems, Mid-ocean Ridge
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)

Cheating Death by Dehydration part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This 'Inside JEB' journal article discusses the ability of tardigrades to undergo cryptobiosis. It briefly summarizes the experimental procedures used by Ralph Schill, Gunther Steinbruck ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)

Water Bear part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This National Geographic Kids site features a "far out" fact about tardigrades, or water bears, along with a comical illustration.
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)

Tardigrada (Water Bears) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This reference page offers a brief description of Tardigrades, also known as water bears. It includes information about their physical appearance, an explanation of their name, likely habitats, ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)

The Chesapeake Bay's Dead Zone part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Chesapeake Bay Foundation fact sheet provides information regarding the cause and growth of the Chesapeake Bay dead zone. The site also addresses possible solutions to the hypoxia and includes a ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Oceanography, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Marine
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anoxic
Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine
Grade Level: General Public, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This online article describes tardigrades and discusses how amateur microscopists can help scientists understand more about microscopic organisms called tardigrades, commonly known as water bears. ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Culturing Methods, Microscopy, Biology:Microbiology, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, Anhydrous
Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), Informal, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)