Andrew Radar Studios. Biology4Kids.com. Microorganisms, Overview, 2010. http://www.biology4kids.com/files/micro_main.html. (accessed June 30, 2010) Introductory site for students on microbes.
Environmental Literacy Council. The Phosphorus Cycle, 2008. http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/480.html. (accessed July 2, 2010) Introduction into the phosphorus cycle.
Gardiner, Linda. Window to the Universe. The Nitrogen Cycle, 2007. http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Life/nitrogen_cycle.html&edu=high. (accessed July 2, 2010) Overview of the nitrogen cycle, written for students.
Falkowski, Paul G., Tom Fenchel, and Edward F. Delong. The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles. Science 320: 1034-1039, 2008. Discusses the chemical reactions that occur during biogeochemical cycling.
Hazen, Robert M. 2005. Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. This book discusses the microbial influences on the origin of life.
Kenyon College. Microbe Wiki. http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/MicrobeWiki. (accessed July 2, 2010) Microbe resource site written by college students.
Kling, George. "Microbes: Transformers of Matter and Material", 2008. http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/microbes/microbes.html (accessed May 23, 2010) Online lesson on microbes including a quiz at the end.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. EAPSpeaks. Marine Microbes, Carbon Cycle and Climate. http://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/newsletter/vol_2/EAPSpeaks_06-07_FM2.pdf. (accessed July 2, 2010) This article details the role marine microorganisms play in the carbon cycle and how this affects climate.
Russell, Randy. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Window to the Universe. The Carbon Cycle, 2010. http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html&edu=high. (accessed July 2, 2010) Basic introduction to the carbon cycle
Science Daily. Biogenic Origins for Earth's Oldest Putative Microfossils, July 2, 2009. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630203955.htm. (accessed July 2, 2010) This article explains that microbes were the earliest life forms.
Speer, Brian and Ben Waggoner. Introduction to the Archaea: Life's Extremists. UCMP. Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html. (accessed July 2, 2010) An in depth look at Archaea.
Waggoner, Ben. Hadean Time. UCMP, 1996. Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/hadean.html. (accessed July 5, 2010) Detailed description of the events that occurred during the Hadean time.
Whiteman, Lily. "Microbes to People: Without us you're Nothing." U. S. News & World Report, April 8, 2008. http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2008/04/08/microbes-to-people-without-us-youre-nothing.html (accessed May 23, 2010) The author is a National Science Foundation writer. The article addresses the quantities and importance of microbes and the current study metagenomics, the study of analyzing the DNA of whole communities of microbes instead of single individuals.