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Biology > Biogeochemistry
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Endolithic Microorganisms in the Antarctic Cold Desert part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This image-rich Science article describes initial research done in the Antarctic dry valleys involving cryptoendolithic (microbes that live in rock pores) lichen communities in sandstone. The paper ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

Early Life Recorded in Archean Pillow Lavas part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Science scholarly article contains information about pillow lava rims from the Mesoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa. The rocks contain micrometer-scale mineralized tubes that ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Biology:Evolution, Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Stable Isotopes, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional

Microbial trace-fossil formation, biogenous, and abiotic weathering in the Antarctic cold desert part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Science scholarly article provides information about cryptoendolithic (microbes living within rock pores) life in the Antarctic cold desert. In the Antarctic cold desert (Ross Desert), the ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution, Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

Evidence Against Hydrogen-Based Microbial Ecosystems in Basalt Aquifers part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Science scholarly article provides information regarding experiments that demonstrated that hydrogen is not produced from microorganisms living in basalt. It has been proposed that hydrogen ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Habitats:Within Rock, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Extreme Environments: Alkaline
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional

Exploration of deep intraterrestrial microbial life: current perspectives part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This FEMS Microbiology Letters paper presents a review of research regarding deep terrestrial microorganisms. Intraterrestrial life (microbes living within rock) has been found at depths of several ...

Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Biology:Biogeochemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Pressure, Anoxic, Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This richly illustrated book combines vivid images from the complementary major PBS television series with imaginative original artwork to tell the compelling story of the world of microbes and their ...

Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution, Molecular Biology, Diversity, Biogeochemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Education
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Pedagogic Resources
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Informal, General Public

Using Ion Exchange Chromatography to Separate Proteins part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.reachdevices.com/Protein/ProteinPurification....
This activity website, hosted by the National Health Museum Activities Exchange, explores protein purification using ion chromatography. Students will separate a positively charged lysozyme from a ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Biology, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Organic and Biochemistry
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)

Priscu Research Group part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.montana.edu/lkbonney/
The Priscu Research Group, led by Professor John C. Priscu in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University focuses on the geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

Methane deep in ocean crust could feed chemical-hungry microorganisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/id/3509
This University of Washington news article details the work of oceanographer Deborah Kelley regarding microorganisms found in "layer 3" of the ocean crust. These ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Within Rock, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Anoxic, High Pressure
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal, Fracture Zone
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), General Public, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

Paleoclimate part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/paleoclima...
This image-rich World View of Global Warming article provides a general overview of paleoclimatology, focusing on the interpretation of sediment cores as a proxy for climate change. The article ...
Subject: Biology: Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), General Public, College Upper (15-16)