Microbial Life - Educational Resources
This site contains educational and supporting materials for students and teachers of microbiology, including information about microorganisms and extremophiles, and links to online resources about ecology, diversity and evolution of micro-organisms.

Wolbachia, A Heritable Pandemic part of Topics of Interest:Wolbachia
Created by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory Introduction Wolbachia is a genus of inherited alpha-proteobacteria that form intracellular infections in many invertebrate hosts. One of the most common ...

The Red Layer Microbial Observatorya Research Experience for Undergraduates in Yellowstone part of Microbial Observatories:Red Layer
This title combines two official grant titles this project has encompassed: 2000-2002 "Undergraduate Research in the Molecular Diversity of Hot Spring Bacteria"; and 2003-7 "A Longitudinal Molecular ...

Living in an Alkaline Environment part of Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students:Living in an Alkaline Environment
Living in an Alkaline Environment is a three-part activity that explores the ecology and diversity of life in alkaline environments. It can be downloaded as a Word (Microsoft Word 124kB Apr29 05) document or ...

Mo Title: North Inlet Microbial Observatory (NIMO) part of Microbial Observatories:North Inlet MO
Created by George Rice, Montana State University The diazotrophic (nitrogen fixing) Bacteria are extraordinarily diverse and apart from a few select groups are very poorly characterized. Diazotrophs associated ...

M.O. Title: Microbial Diversity of Prokaryotes in Marine Sponges of the Class Demospongiae part of Microbial Observatories:Marine Sponges MO
Created by George Rice, Montana State University Intro Narrative: Sponges are the predominant organisms in many tropical reef ecosystems and contain a great diversity of microbial symbionts. These symbiotic ...

Collaborative Research: Microbial Diversity and Function in the Permanently Ice-Covered Lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica part of Microbial Observatories:McMurdo MO
Created by George Rice, Montana State University The dry valleys of Antarctica form the coldest, driest, and windiest ecosystems known. Robert Falcon Scott, one of the earliest explorers of the McMurdo region of ...

Bring 'em Back Alive part of Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students:Bring em Back Alive
Created by Lorraine Olendzenski, St Lawrence University Bring 'em Back Alive is a series of activities that demonstrate various techniques for capturing free-living microbes from the environment. The series ...

Living in the Microbial World part of Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students:Living in the Microbial World
Created by Lorraine Olendzenski, St. Lawrence University Living in the Microbial World is a summer workshop for middle and high school educators, hosted by the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. This ...

Protistan Tales of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps part of Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students:Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Webquest
A WebQuest exploring the microbial diversity of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Teachers Introduction Atlantic White Cedar Swamps are found in a narrow band ...