This article explores microbial life in extreme environments associated with salinity, acidity, alkalinity, high temperature, low temperature, radiation, gravity, and pressure. It also introduces the role of...

This web page features the microbe Methylobium petroleophilum strain PM1 that can grow on and completely degrade the fuel additive MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether). The page gives some genomic information about the...

The Marine Biology Laboratory of Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Montana State University are the collaborators on this easily navigable website of educational resources about microbial life. The goal of the site is to...

Researcher George Bonheyo and his colleagues of the University of Illinois are featured in this web article that focuses on the means of microbial transport at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Included...

This article originally published in Scientific American describes the newly recognized role of bacteria in the leaching of copper from low-grade ore. The central role of bacteria in the leaching of copper from low-grade...