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A whale of a bug

German scientists have discovered the largest known bacteria on Earth. They were found in sediments on the sea floor off the coast of Namibia.

Ace's Exambusters Biology Study Cards

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Prepare for standardized tests such as AP Biology, NTE core, GED, CLEP, SAT II Biology, MCAT, ASVAB, N.Y. Regents. Appropriate for high school or introductory college courses.

Bacterial Nutrition

Kent Simmons
University level introduction

Basic Microbiology (8th edition)

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Wesley A. Volk, Jay Brown
January 1997

Cradle of Life : The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils

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J. William Schopf
May 1999

Goose Eggs Petri Pudding Science Kit

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"Make a home for bacteria, grow your own germs, then evict the goo." Mmm, yummy! Wild Goose introduces yet another fun, educational 3 in 1 Science Kit: Petri Pudding. Naturally, it comes with a petri dish in which experiments in growing bacteria, slime molds, and fungi are to be conducted. Not very appetizing, but definitely educational for children interested in microbiology. It may even scare parents into cleaning out the fridge! Initial adult supervision is recommended

Intimate Strangers - Unseen life on Earth

American Public Broadcasting Organisation's view of bacteria

Microbe World

Organised by the American Society for Microbiology

Newton's Apple Kits: Newton Undercover

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Based on the television show Newton's Apple, this science kit involves you in a case that unfolds in the accompanying booklet. Your partner is Science Agent Newton, a.k.a. "Agent 3.14159," or "Pi." (He's the guy with an apple-shaped dent in his head.) Can you uncover the mystery of what's going on in the lab of "the rotten Dr. Pew Trassene"? Don't worry: Pi explains everything very scientifically, even the action of a simple water pistol (included). He sounds less like an English gentleman scientist than a Dashiell Hammett sort of private eye--"We're off like a dirty shirt to Pew Trassene's lab..."--but proves to be an able crime-cracking partner. The case you solve involves a little of everything, including encryption, fingerprinting, clever stuff with mirrors, the relationship between electricity and magnetism, and your very own bacteria farm. There is a list of "Special Issue" (i.e., included) and "U-Get-It" materials. (Ages 8 and older, adult supervision required)

Six diseases threaten world

June 18, 1999
A handful of infectious diseases - which account for 50% of deaths among children or young adults - pose a threat to the world's future prosperity, says the World Health Organisation (WHO). A report says Aids, tuberculosis (TB), measles, malaria, diarrhoeal diseases such as dysentery and cholera, and acute respiratory infections such as pneumonia were responsible for 90% of all deaths due to infectious diseases in 1998. And the WHO warned that the world has dangerously overestimated its ability to control dangerous bacteria and viruses such as these.

Strasburger's Textbook of Botany

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Eduard Strasburger
June 1976
A classic textbook covering the whole range of plants. For the enthusiast or advanced student.

Superbug could be conquered

A vaccine to protect people from one of the most problematic microbes in modern medicine is now a step closer.

Virtual Microscope Lab 1

Kent Simmons
An introduction to biology at the University level created by Kent Simmons, Instructor of Biology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This site also shows slides of specimens from one of Kent's courses. This is laboratory 1 of this site.

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