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Geomicrobiology: How Microbes Shape Our Planet

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Microbial Influence on Earth's Systems

Charlene Woodland

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¹ Muir, John. Sierra Club. http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/frameindex.html?http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/my_first_summer_in_the_sierra/. (accessed July2, 2010) A personal account of his summer following the civil war.

² NASA. Ask an Astrophysicist. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970401c.html. (accessed July 5, 2010) This site discusses the rotation and revolution of the Earth.

³ NASA. Science. Astrophysics. http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-powered-the-big-bang/. (accessed July 5, 2010) An introduction to the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.

⁴ Press, Frank, Raymond Siever, John Grotzinger, and Thomas H. Jordan. "Building a Planet". In Understanding Earth 4th ed., 1-21 New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2003. Introductory college level textbook dealing with general earth science.

Withgott, Jay, and Scott Brennan. "Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology". In Environment: The Science behind the Stories, 2 ^{n d} ed., 182-214. San Francisco: Pearson Education, Inc, 2007. College level textbook that covers environmental science.

⁶ Waggoner, Ben and B.R. Speer. Bacteria: Fossil Record. UCMP, 1995. Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteriafr.html. (accessed July 5, 2010) Description of the early fossil record and the significance of microbes therein.

⁷ Madigan, Michael T., John M. Martinko, and Jack Parker. "Microorganisms and Microbiology". In Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 9 ^{t h} ed., 1-24. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2000. College level textbook that deals specifically with microorganisms.

⁸ Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, 2010. http://scripps.ucsd.edu/About/Research_Overview/Marine_Biotechnology_and_Biomedicine/. (accessed June 30, 2010) Overview of marine microorganisms and their uses.

⁹ Miller, Kenneth R., and Joseph Levine. "Cell Structure and Function". In Biology, 188-223. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010.

High school level textbook that deals with biology in general.

^{1 0} Stevenson, John R. Microbiology for Teachers, 2000. http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi630/nutrition_metabol630.html. (accessed July 4, 2010) Part of a larger complete online course in microbiology, written for teachers. This section deals with microbial metabolism.

^{1 1} McShaffrey, Dave. MC Biology. Environmental Biology: Ecosystems, 2006. http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/ecosystem.html This website discusses the basic of environmental biology with a focus on ecosystems and nutrient cycling.

^{1 2} Stevenson, John R. Microbiology for Teachers. Biogeochemical Cycles, 2002. http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi630/cycles630.html. (accessed July 4, 2010) Part of a larger complete online course in microbiology, written for teachers. This section deals with biogeochemical cycles.

^{1 3} Maier, Raina M., Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba. "Biogeochemical Cycling". In Environmental Microbiology, 2nd ed., 287-318. Burlington: Academic Press, 2009. College level text cover environmental microbiology.

^{1 4} Withgott, Jay, and Scott Brennan. "Global Climate Change". In Environment: The Science behind the Stories, 2 ^{n d} ed., 528-555. San Francisco: Pearson Education, Inc, 2007. College level textbook that covers environmental science.

^{1 5} Fuhrman, Jed A. and Douglas G. Capone. Nifty Nanoplankton. Nature 412, 593-594, 2001. Discusses the roles microorganisms play in biogeochemical cycles.

^{1 6} Miller, Kenneth R., and Joseph Levine. "Photosynthesis". In Biology, 224-247. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010. High school level textbook that deals with biology in general

^{1 7} Miller, Kenneth R., and Joseph Levine. "Cellular Respiration". In Biology, 248-271. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010. High school level textbook that deals with biology in general.

^{1 8} Dalton, David. "Nitrogen Fixation: Part I. The range of organisms that can fix nitrogen", 1997. http://academic.reed.edu/biology/Nitrogen/Nfix1.html (accessed June 28, 2010) A discussion of microorganisms that can fix nitrogen.

^{1 9} Environmental Literacy Council. Phosphorus Cycle. http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/480.html. (accessed July 2, 2010) This site provides an overview of the phosphorus cycle and the impact of human interference.

^{2 0} Robbins, Jim. From Trees and Grass, Bacteria That Cause Snow and Rain. New York Times, May 24, 2010, Science section. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/science/25snow.html?ref=science. (accessed May 26, 2010)

^{2 1} Flinn. BioFax. Respiration and Photosynthesis. http://www.flinnsci.com/documents/demopdfs/biology/bf0141.00.pdf. Lab on demonstrating respiration and photosynthesis through changes in pH.

^{2 2} University of Georgia. The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Bacteria Symbiosis and Nitrogen Fixation. http://apps.caes.uga.edu/sbof/main/lessonPlan/bacterialSymiosis.pdf. (accessed July 3, 2010) Bacterial symbiosis lab with all science standards included.

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