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Utah Microbes May Have Come From Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article reports that halophiles of the Great Salt Lake produce pigments that shield their DNA from sun damage and enzymes that allow them to embrace hypersaline environments. The majority of ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Astrobiology, Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
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Extreme Environments: Hypersaline
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Extreme Environments: Hypersaline
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Extremophiles: Laboratory part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website is home of the Extremophiles Research Laboratory at the University of New South Wales. It includes a brief introduction to the lab, contact information for team leader Rick Cavicchioli, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Molecular Biology, Astrobiology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods
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Extreme Environments: High Pressure, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Hypersaline, High Radiation, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Hot, Extremely Cold
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Extreme Environments: High Pressure, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Hypersaline, High Radiation, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Hot, Extremely Cold
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Life without Volcanic Heat part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is a news article by NASA Astrobiology Institute featuring Deborah Kelly from the University of Washington. She talks about the navigational challenges of reaching this newly discovered ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Principles, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Ecology:Biofilms, Biology:Astrobiology, Microbiology
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Anoxic, Alkaline
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Anoxic, Alkaline
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The Discovery of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, 2000 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page (part of the Lost City Expedition Site) describes the serendipitous discovery of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field by. In 2000, Kelley, Karson, and Früh-Green participated on a ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Biogeochemistry, Ecology:Habitats:Marine
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Alkaline, Anoxic
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Alkaline, Anoxic
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Bacteria under ice: Some don't like it hot part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article written by Richard Monastersky of Science News Online describes the work of Martin Sharp of the University of Alberta and colleagues from the United Kingdom. This group began searching ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Biogeochemistry, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, High Pressure
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Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, High Pressure
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Intimate Relationships Among the Very Small part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's observation of microbial relationships. Topics include mutualism, commensalisms, parasitism, predator/prey, and scavenging. ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology
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The Lives of Micro-organisms: A MicroNaturalist's Handbook part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This web site highlights a new series of photo essays featuring observations you can make with a good compound microscope, a sense of the mysteries of life waiting to be discovered, some patience, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Diversity, Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
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Bring Um Back Alive: Techniques for Finding and Studying Living Microorganisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This image-rich BioMedia article features tips from a micro-naturalist about finding and studying microorganisms. Topics include sampling micro-life communities, care of collected samples, more ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Diversity, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Microscopy, Culturing Methods, Biology, Ecology:Metabolism
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Glorious Guts part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This image-rich BioMedia article features a micro-naturalist's account of protistan symbionts of termites. It examines the relationships between the symbionts and their hosts and offers ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Microscopy, Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
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Microbiological Garden part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Microbiological Garden features specialized collections with images and informative paragraphs covering microbial-based topics including: foyer, microbes in the kitchen, bacteria on our skin, ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Biofilms, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Biology:Microbiology, Diversity, Ecology:Principles, Biology
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