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GENERAL INFORMATION

ActionBioScience is a Web-based educational resource produced by the American Institute of Biological Sciences to raise scientific literacy. Among the topics the site covers are microbiology, microbial forensics, and antibiotic resistance.

Biology Online is an educational site that includes information on genetics, microscopy, microbiology, and more from Pennsylvania State University’s Biological Science course.

www.bioedonline.org is an educational resource site for educators, students, and parents that utilizes state-of-the-art technology to give instant access to reliable, cutting-edge information and educational tools for biology, microbiology and related subjects.

Microbial World is an extensive educational resource about microorganisms from the University of Edinburgh.

Information about Microbiology for the Public The University of Wisconsin has links to science news, other microbiology sites, and an online microbiology textbookthat provides detailed information on microbes.

Tree of Life Web Project is a collaborative project by biologists from around the world, with more than 2,000 Web pages about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics.

BACTERIA

Astrobiology: The Origins of Life and Astrobiology: exploring the living universe look at the relatively new field of astrobiology, which seeks to answer questions of how all life in the universe began and evolved, and its future.

NASA Astrobiology Institute web site The Carnegie Institution of Washington provides interactive educational activities focusing on astrobiology, in its Just for Kids area.

Bacterial Flora of Humans at the University of Wisconsin-Madison lists the more than 200 species of bacteria that call our bodies home, what they do, and why they are important to our health and well-being. The university’s Department of Bacteriology provides information on bacteria of medical importance.

Life at High Temperatures focuses on the amazing bacteria that thrive in Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs and geysers.

ARCHAEA

Introduction to the Archaea provided by The University of California, Berkeley.

Life in Extreme Environments from Astrobiology Web provides information and links about archaea and other extremophiles.

FUNGI

Humongous Fungus, more about the 3.5-mile wide Honey Mushroom in Orgegon from ABC News.

The Fungal Web from the University of Edinburgh contains profiles on fungi and their lifestyle, including fungal tip growth and tropisms.

Tom Volk’s Fungi provides information and links from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

PROTISTA

Green Algae, an overview and links from the University of California, Berkeley.

Diatoms, a reference guide from the California Space Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Dinoflagellates from the University of Calgary. Volvox, an article with images and video sequences from Microscope Magazine.Dinoflagellates: an overview and photos from Microscopy UK

PROTOZOA

Protozoology overview with explanations of various classifications and links to more information from Pennsylvania State University.

Ciliates, a brief overview from the University of California, Berkeley.

Myxomycetes and other Slime Molds, an overview from Fairmont State College.

Slime Molds overview, photos and links from The Microbial World at the University of Edinburgh.

Hunting Slime Molds, an article from the Smithsonian Magazine. Water Molds (Oomycetes) contains photos and exercises from the American Phytopathological Society’s APSnet, a K–12 Teachers’ guide to lessons and laboratories.

VIRUSES

All the Virology on the WWW has a virtual library’s worth of information on viruses, including The Big Picture Book of Viruses.

“How the sequence got the way it is”: Nature magazine explains mobile elements and the human genome.

Prions: Puzzling Infectious Proteins, a Research in the News article from the National Institutes of Health.

Prion diseases, a look at incidence and human infection from prions, from the University of Leicester.

MICROBIAL MERGERS

Lichens: Life History and Ecology explained by the University of California, Berkeley.