X-treme Microbes: Resources GENERAL EXTREMOPHILES INFORMATION: Astrobiology Web: http://www.astrobiology.com/ RADIATION EATERS Investigators: Tullis Onstott, Princeton University: http://geoweb.princeton.edu/people/onstott/research.html Lisa Pratt, Indiana University: https://earth.indiana.edu/directory/emeriti-faculty/pratt-lisa.html University Press Releases: Indiana University Release: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4229.html Princeton University Release: http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S16/13/72E53/index.xml?section=topstories Other Resources: Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative: https://nai.nasa.gov/teams/can-3/iptai/ Video: Sacred Balance homepage: https://kensingtontv.com/index.php/2002/09/20/sacred-balance/ AMAZING SURVIVORS Investigators and Other Resources: Arctic/Antarctic: Priscu Research Group: http://www.montana.edu/lkbonney/ Jody Deming, Astrobiology at the University of Washington: http://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/people/faculty/demingj.html Atacama Desert: Radiation Resistant Microbe: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/11_03/desert.php Glacier Microbes: Alpine Microbial University: https://academic.oup.com/femsec/pages/polar_alpine_microbiology_vi Sea vents: Kelley-Delaney Hydrothermal Working Group: https://divediscover.whoi.edu/archives/expedition8/interviews/kelley.html Videos from Neptune: http://www.visions05.washington.edu/visuals/video.jsp Yellowstone: Microbial Ecology in Yellowstone: http://www.mines.edu/~jspear/index.html NSF News on Related Subjects: Antarctica: Lake Vostok: http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100705 Lake Vida: http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/02/pr02100.htm Dry Valleys: http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/02/pr02100_images.htm Sea Vents: Sea Floor’s ‘Lost City’: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=103082 Sea Vents extremophiles review: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/sfs/index.jsp?id=life&sid=ext Earth and Environment Research Overview: https://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/earth-environ/ Strain 121: http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr0384.htm Yellowstone: Yellowstone Discovery Bodes Well for Finding Evidence of Life on Mars: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104083 Do Species Matter in Microbial Communities?: http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr03106_ystonemicrobes.htm From a Boiling Acid to a Nanotechnology Building Block: http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsletter/oct_06/NSF_Current_October_2006.pdf Desert and Others: Of Microbes and Mars: http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100610 Microbes in Rock Glacier: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100591 Microbial Biofilms in Iron Mountain Acid Drainage: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100327 For more information on X-treme Microbes see: National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/microbes/index.jsp www.nsf.gov Where Discoveries Begin….