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Phylum: Tardigrada (water bears, tardigrades) part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This web page describes water bears, minute animals that can remain dormant in a dry state for over 100 years. The page addresses what they are, where they are found, their general biology, ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, High Radiation, Anoxic, Extremely Hot, Anhydrous, High Pressure, Alkaline, Extremely Cold, Acidic
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, High Radiation, Anoxic, Extremely Hot, Anhydrous, High Pressure, Alkaline, Extremely Cold, Acidic
Grade Level: Informal, General Public, College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
The Search for Extremophiles on Earth and Beyond part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this article, Penelope Boston examines the limits of life in a variety of Earth's extreme environments as well as the connection to possible extraterrestrial life. Also included are a number ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution, Astrobiology, Microbiology, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, High Pressure, Anhydrous, Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), General Public, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, High Pressure, Anhydrous, Extremely Cold, Extremely Hot
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), General Public, High School (9-12)
Looking for life in all the wrong places - research on cryptoendoliths part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article highlights the professional careers of two pioneer microbiologists, Imre Friedmann and his wife Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann. A personal interview with Friedmann gives readers a first hand ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Astrobiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Geoscience:Geology, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, High Pressure
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, Informal, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, High Pressure
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, Informal, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
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
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, High Radiation
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Life in extreme environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Nature insight review article "Life in extreme environments" is a detailed description of bacterial prevalence in extreme environments. ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Ecology:Biofilms, Biology, Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology, Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, High Radiation, Extremely Hot, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Extremely Cold, High Pressure, Alkaline, Acidic
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: Hypersaline, High Radiation, Extremely Hot, Anhydrous, Anoxic, Extremely Cold, High Pressure, Alkaline, Acidic
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
The HaloEd Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The HaloEd Project is a web site dedicated to biotechnology education using Halobacteria, halophilic bacteria that live in the hypersaline environments of the world. The site lists why Halobacteria ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Principles, Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Activities, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, Hypersaline
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Extreme Environments: High Radiation, Hypersaline
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
New Signs of Polar Life part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article from Astrobiology Magazine focuses on the large colonies of micro-organisms that have been found living beneath rocks from extreme polar habitats. These photosynthetic micro-organisms ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Astrobiology, Microbiology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, High Radiation
Grade Level: Informal, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold, High Radiation
Grade Level: Informal, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Deinococcus radiodurans part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides general information on the radiation tolerant microbe Deinococcus radiodurans. This compilation of resources includes news articles, photographs, references, and a short lecture ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Molecular Biology, Astrobiology, Microbiology, Ecology:Principles, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: High Radiation
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Scientific Resources
Extreme Environments: High Radiation
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This highly informative and detailed web site features a Pathfinder Science hands-on, minds-on guided research activity dedicated to tardigrades, also known as water bears. The site helps to create ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Culturing Methods
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities:Project:Independent Research, Activities:Lab Activity
Extreme Environments: High Pressure, High Radiation, Anhydrous, Hypersaline, Anoxic, Extremely Hot, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Cold
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities:Project:Independent Research, Activities:Lab Activity
Extreme Environments: High Pressure, High Radiation, Anhydrous, Hypersaline, Anoxic, Extremely Hot, Alkaline, Acidic, Extremely Cold
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)
Tardigrades: Bears of the Moss part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This online PowerPoint presentation is dedicated to the phylum Tardigrada. It discusses distinguishing characteristics of Tardigrades (also known as water bears), their relationship to arthropods and ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Evolution, Diversity, Microbiology, Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes
Extreme Environments: High Pressure, High Radiation, Anoxic, Hypersaline, Anhydrous, Alkaline, Extremely Hot, Acidic, Extremely Cold
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes
Extreme Environments: High Pressure, High Radiation, Anoxic, Hypersaline, Anhydrous, Alkaline, Extremely Hot, Acidic, Extremely Cold
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)