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One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another's part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=2963

According to this online article, scientists have discovered a copy of the genome of the bacterial parasite Wolbachia residing inside the genome of its host species. It explains that lateral gene ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology, Evolution, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), General Public, Graduate/Professional, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Desulfitobacterium hafniense part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/draft_microbes/desha/desha.hom...

Web page highlingts the microbe Desulfitobacterium. Thess microbes can anaerobicaly dehalogenate both aromatic and alkyl chlorinated compounds. Compounds including chlorinated phenols, chlorinated ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans, Anoxic
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)

Polaromonas strain JS666 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/draft_microbes/poljs/poljs.hom...

This web page highlights the microbe Polaromonas strain JS666. The microbe was found to degrade trans-1,2-dichloroethene (tDCE), TCE, VC, 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) and ETH in addition to coal tar; ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Geobacter metallireducens part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/geome/geome.home.html

This web page features the microbe Geobacter metallireducens. The site briefly describes the ability of Geobacter metallireducens to gain energy through the dissimilatory reduction of iron, ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biogeochemistry, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Rhodobacter sphaeroides part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/finished_microbes/rhosp/rhosp....

Web site highlights the photosynthetic microbe Rhodobacter sphaeroides. This microbe is known to detoxify a number of metal oxides and oxyanions. The site also describes other aspects of research on ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biofilms
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Ralstonia eutropha part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/draft_microbes/raleu/raleu.hom...

This site features Ralstonia eutropha, a Gram negative bacteria with the ability to degrade chloroaromatic compounds and chemically-related pollutants. The microbe is known for its potential for ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Biogeochemistry
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Burkholderia cepacia R1808 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://genome.jgi-psf.org/draft_microbes/bur08/bur08.hom...

This web page features the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc). Comprised of at least nine closely related species, the Bcc is known for bioremediation and metabolic diversity. The site includes a ...

Cyanobacteria and the Cryptobiotic Crust part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/micr...

Cryptobiotic crusts are featured in this web page, with discussion on cryptobiotic communities, cyanobacteria, and other organisms that comprise this environment. The site provides numerous images of ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Canyon Country Ecosystems Research Site (CCERS) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.soilcrust.org/ccers.htm

This USGS Canyonlands Research Station web page provides information about research dedicated to the long-term study of the ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau. The page covers in brief the ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps
Extreme Environments: Anhydrous
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

New Jersey Tardigrade Survey part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://tardigrade.us/nj-tardigrade-survey/

This image-rich web page represents highlights from the New Jersey Tardigrade Survey conducted by Michael Shaw, under the guidance of William Miller. A map of New Jersey site locations is followed by ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Diversity, Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, General Public, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)