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Life Under a Spanish Red River part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/424/life-under-a-sp...
This magazine article introduces the Rio Tinto - a polluted, acidic river in Spain - and its significance in the Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment (MARTE). As part of NASA�s search ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Astrobiology, Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans, Acidic
Grade Level: General Public, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)

From Genes to Genomes: Beyond Biodiversity in Spain's Rio Tinto part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/full/204/2/205
This journal article reports the unexpectedly high eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity in Spain's Rio Tinto. Microbes of the Rio Tinto must be both acidophilic and tolerant of heavy metals to ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Diversity:Censuses, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Evolution:Patterns
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
Extreme Environments: Acidic, Altered by Humans
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Acidophiles of saline water at thermal vents of Vulcano, Italy part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=g5n1ljxl06bg7v12...
This scientific paper describes the microbial community composition of samples collected from acidic hydrothermal vents on the Aeolian Island of Vulcano (Italy). The authors review the environmental ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Habitats:Marine
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Acidic
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Picrophilus gen. nov., fam. nov.: a novel aerobic, heterotrophic, thermoacidophilic genus and family comprising archaea capable of growth around pH 0. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/177/24/7050.pdf
This scientific paper reports the discovery of two novel species of a genus of thermophilic, heterotrophic, aerobic archaea that grow under extremely acidic conditions. These species were isolated ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Biofilms
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot, Acidic
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

An Archaeal Iron-Oxidizing Extreme Acidophile Important in Acid Mine Drainage part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/287/5459/1796.pdf
This scientific paper describes the isolation, identification and physiology a new species of iron-oxidizing Archaea capable of growth at pH 0. This species was isolated from an acid mine drainage ...
Subject: Biology: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Oxidation/Reduction Reactions, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans, Acidic
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional

Genome sequence of Picrophilus torridus and its implications for life around pH 0. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?arti...
This scientific paper describes the Picrophilaceae, which are the most acidophilic organisms known and amazingly, are able to grow at negative pH values. The authors deduce several features that may ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Molecular Biology, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Oxidation/Reduction Reactions, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
Extreme Environments: Acidic
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)

Bangor Acidophile Research Team (BART), University of Wales. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://biology.bangor.ac.uk/research/bart/
This website is operated by the Bangor Acidophile Research Team (BART), which is based in the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at the University of Wales. The group studies extremophiles, with a ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biofilms, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans, Extremely Hot, Anoxic, Acidic
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Microbiology of acidic, geothermal springs of Montserrat: environmental rDNA analysis. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id...
This scientific paper describes the microbial diversity found in water and sediment samples taken from acidic, geothermal pools on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. Sampling sites included low-, ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Molecular Methods, Microscopy, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Molecular Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
Extreme Environments: Acidic, Extremely Hot
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)

Growth in sulfidic mineral environments: metal resistance mechanisms in acidophilic micro-organisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/149/8/1959
This scientific review paper summarizes the knowledge of acidophile metal resistance, which allows acidophiles to survive in acidic metal-rich environments, such as areas affected by acid mine ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Acid/Base Reactions, Oxidation/Reduction Reactions, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biofilms
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Extreme Environments: Altered by Humans, Acidic
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)

Geobiology of a microbial endolithic community in the Yellowstone geothermal environment part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7036/full/nat...
This Letters to Nature scholarly article presents findings from a study done at Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin, the purpose of which was to characterize the endolithic microbial community in ...
Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Biology:Molecular Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results
Extreme Environments: Anoxic, Extremely Hot, Acidic
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)