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Parasite Invades Its Host's DNA part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Number 73 out of the top 100 science stories of 2007, this article highlights the ability of Wolbachia bacteria to transfer nearly their entire genome into the cells of a multicellular host. The ...
Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution, Microbiology, Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)

Mosquito age and dengue transmission part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This online portal features a research project funded by The Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative to develop new strategies to control mosquitoes that transmit human disease. Specifically, ...
Subject: Biology: Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), General Public, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Bacteria Spurs Speciation part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This brief Scientific American article reports that the infectious bacterium Wolbachia has been shown to serve as a reproductive barrier in wasps, thus keeping species reproductively separated in ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Principles, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism, Biology:Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)

Wolbachia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Wikipedia article features a brief overview of Wolbachia, including its history, role in sexual differentiation of hosts, horizontal gene transfer and applications to human health. A scientific ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Microbiology, Evolution, Diversity, Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), General Public, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

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)

First cell - biophysicist David Deamer believes that protective cells predated the first DNA part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page contains a reprint of a 1995 Discover magazine article featuring David Deamer and his research on the origins of life. The article laces historical/biographical sketches in with the science ...
Subject: Biology: Chemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Astrobiology, Evolution, Evolution:Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Middle (6-8)

The Search for LUCA - Last Universal Common Ancestor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page contains a popular press article about LUCA, the last universal common ancestor. The majority of the article focuses on the relatively recent eukaryotic LUCA hypothesis, covering the ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Microbiology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Diversity, Evolution, Evolution:Patterns
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Grade Level: High School (9-12), General Public, Middle (6-8)

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)

"Miracle" Microbes Thrive at Earth's Extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This news article introduces extremophiles, microbes found thriving in the most inhospitable environments on Earth. It reviews the differences between extremophiles and mesophiles, and how archaea ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Principles, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Hypersaline, High Pressure, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot
Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)

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)