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Microbial Diversity of Cryptoendolithic Communities from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Applied and Environmental Microbiology abstract contains information about the diversity of Antarctic cryptoendoliths (microbes that live within rock pores), as determined by molecular studies. ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Biology:Microbiology
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
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Cryptoendolith Communities in Antarctic Dry Valley Region Sandstones: Potential Analogues of Martian Life-Forms part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Lunar and Planetary Science article provides information about cryptoendolithic life (microbes living within rocks on the Earth's surface) in Antarctic sandstones. The purpose of the study ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Stable Isotopes, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
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New approaches to the study of Antarctic lithobiontic microorganisms and their inorganic traces, and their application in the detection of life in Martian rocks part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This International Microbiology review article discusses possible ways to study cryptoendolithic (orgamisms living within pores of a rock) life in Antarctica using microscopy and how these studies ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Microscopy, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Biology:Astrobiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
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Eukaryotes in Extreme Environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article is a compilation of information about free-living eukaryotes in extreme environments. Written in summary form, it includes anaerobes, thermophiles, psychrophiles, acidophiles, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Diversity, Microbiology, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Extremely Hot, High Pressure, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Cold
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Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Extremely Hot, High Pressure, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Cold
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The X-philes: microorganisms at the extremes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This personal website of Richard Johnson, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University , gives a detailed overview of the field of extremophile research. Topics covered include ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Diversity, Evolution, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Molecular Biology, Astrobiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Extremely Cold, High Pressure, Hypersaline, Acidic, Alkaline
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Extremely Cold, High Pressure, Hypersaline, Acidic, Alkaline
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Thermophiles 2003 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the home page for the 2003 International Conference on Thermophiles held at the University of Exeter. The site includes information on organizers, scientific program, general information, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
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Extremophiles part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article introduces the reader to the diversity and significance of extremophiles. Descriptions are provided of the habitat and ecology of thermophiles, psychrophiles (cold lovers), acidophiles, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Acid/Base Reactions, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot, Acidic, Hypersaline, Alkaline
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot, Acidic, Hypersaline, Alkaline
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Research Team Discovers First Evidence of Microbes Living in a Rock Glacier part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NSF press release reports that scientists have discovered evidence of microbial activity in a rock glacier high above tree line in the Rocky Mountains, a barren environment previously thought to ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, High Radiation
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, High Radiation
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McMurdo LTER Project Overview part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The site provides background on the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Project, an interdisciplinary study of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a cold desert region of ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Microbial Wonders of the Deep part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Microbial Wonders of the Deep explores a number of interesting and highly adaptive organisms within some of the most extreme environments imaginable- those of the deep ocean. The website focuses on ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Biology:Evolution:Principles, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Astrobiology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology
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Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, Extremely Hot, High Pressure, Extremely Cold
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
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Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, Extremely Hot, High Pressure, Extremely Cold
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)