Flora and Fauna
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- Microbe from Depths Takes Life to Hottest Known Limit
- A newly discovered organism thrives near deep-sea ocean vents at temperatures up to 121C, living off dissolved iron. Images, video, and links to related research. Press release from the National Science Foundation. (August 14, 2003)
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- Haloarchaea: Extremophiles in Salt Lakes
- Research compilation by Mike Dyall-Smith, primarily focusing on haloarchaea and their haloviruses. Includes the Halohandbook lab manual with techniques for cultivation. [PDF]
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- Deinococcus radiodurans: World's Toughest Bacteria
- Research project by Meagan Arnold on this bacterium including its general characteristics, adaptations, habitat, phylogeny, taxonomy, applications and other radiation resistant organisms.
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- Mycobacterium leprae
- Research project by Alicia Jaedike on this bacterium, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition, interactions with other species and leprosy, the disease it causes.
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- Mycobacterium marinum
- Information on this bacterium which infects fish, its signs, diagnosis and treatment.
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- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Research project by Ashley Millard providing information on the organism responsible for tuberculosis, its characteristics, classification and adaptations, and information on the disease itself and its diagnosis.
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- Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Tuberculosis
- Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology chapter on TB, the most deadly bacterial disease in history.
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- Streptomyces platensis
- Research project by Gaelle Talhouarne on this bacterium that helps humans fight infections, including its classification, lineage, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.
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- Bacteroides
- Information from Wikipedia on this genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria which make up a substantial portion of the mammalian gut flora.
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- Bacteroidetes
- Information from Wikipedia on this phylum of bacteria that are widely distributed in the environment, including in soil, in sediments, sea water and in the guts of animals.
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- Cyanobacteria
- Information on these algae, the earliest organisms to be preserved in the fossil record, with a diagram and photomicrographs of Anabaena.
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- Cyanosite
- Research and information about cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, and prochlorophytes. Includes image gallery, CyBib bibliographic database, a links library, protocols and media, directories, and announcements.
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- Tiny Fossils may be Earth’s Oldest Life
- Article from the New Scientist on studies by William Schopf of UCLA of certain ancient Australian rocks using a technique called laser Raman analysis.
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- Fibrobacter succinogenes
- Information on this important member of the rumen microflora and the chemical processes in which it is involved.
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- Fibrobacteres
- Information from Wikipedia on this phylum of bacteria which include many of the species found in the stomachs of ruminants.