Chapter 17
Sources



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Prokaryotes
  2. Classification of Prokaryotes
  3. Bacteria
  4. Archaea
  • Sources


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Working With
Prokaryotes

Try this activity on Legionnaire's Disease adapted from the Centers for Disease Control.

Along with the Legionnaire's activity, the CDC site has case studies on gastrointestinal illness [PDF], and lung cancer [PDF]


  1. The Prokaryotes. Martin Dworkin, Professor. Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota. http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/index.htm.

  2. Bacteriology Courses and Information. Kenneth Todar. University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact303/biograph.

  3. MB409: Microbial Diversity. James W. Brown. North Carolina State University. http://www.mbio.ncsu.edu/JWB/MB409/home.html.
    Pictures : Lecture 9 (scroll to the bottom), others integrated throughout lectures.

  4. The Microbial Biorealm. Joan Slonczewski. Biology Dept, Kenyon College. http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microbial_Biorealm/.

  5. The Microbial World. Jim Deacon. Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology and Biology Teaching Organisation. University of Edinburgh, Scotland. http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/microbes/.
    Pictures throughout.
    Includes Thermophilic Microorganisms: Yellowstone National Park.

  6. Virtual Foliage. University of Wisconsin, Madison. http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/130/Bacteria/.

  7. Bugs In The News. John C. Brown. University of Kansas, Lawrence. http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html.

  8. Microbiology @ Leicester. Dr. Alan Cann. University of Leicester, Midlands, UK. http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/.
    Videos

  9. Introduction to the Bacteria. Brian Speer and Ben Waggoner. University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html.

  10. Introduction to the Archaea: Life's Extremists. Brian Speer and Ben Waggoner. University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html. April, 2001.
    Pictures : Yellowstone's Obsidian Pool | Yellowstone's Octopus Spring

  11. Cells Alive!. James A. Sullivan. Quill Graphics. http://www.cellsalive.com. 1995-2002.

  12. Microbial Physiology. Don Bryant. Penn State University. http://www.bmb.psu.edu/courses/micro401/default.htm.
    Table comparing Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.

  13. LTER Microbial Observatories. Morgan Vis and Bob Verb. U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://lternet.edu/technology/microbial_ecology/.

  14. Biological Diversity: Bacteria and Archaeans. M.J. Farabee. Maricopa Community College. Arizona. http://www.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookDiversity_2.html.

  15. Bacteria Cell Shapes and Arrangements. Stephen Abedon. Ohio State University. http://www.phage.org/biol2010.htm.

  16. Infectious Disease Information. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm. October, 2001.

  17. Department of Microbiology Picture Gallery. University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. http://www.microbiology.science.ru.nl/galleries/. March, 2002.
    Pictures : Ciliate covered with methanogens | The methanogenic archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus | The methanogen Methanosarcina barkeri | Methanosarcina barkeri after irradiation with blue light

  18. Indiana Biolab Bacteria Pages. Harold Eddlemann. Indiana Biolab. http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/b.htm. September, 1999.

  19. Museum of Bacteria. Trudy M. Wassenaar. The Foundation of Bacteria. http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/.

  20. Microbe World. American Society for Microbiology. http://www.microbeworld.org/.
    Associated Links: Microbe Library, Microbe!

  21. Micro Homepage. Wim van Egmond. http://www1.tip.nl/~t936927/home.html. 1998.

  22. Proteobacteria. Earth-Life Web Productions. http://www.earthlife.net/prokaryotes/proteo.html.

  23. Stromatolites. Grey et al. Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. East Perth, Western Australia. http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/GSWA/AF28597BD9244285984DE780963CEB85.asp.

  24. Cyanosite. Mark Schneegurt, Wichita State University. Purdue University. West Lafayette, Indiana. http://www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu/.
    Pictures

  25. General Cyanobacteria Information. Wayne Carmichael. Wright State University. http://biology.wright.edu/Faculty/Carmichael/research-r.htm.

  26. Cyanobacteria Images. Morgan Vis and Bob Verb. Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. http://vis-pc.plantbio.ohiou.edu/algaeimage/Cyanobacteria.htm.

  27. Microscopic Images. Dennis Kunkel. Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. http://www.denniskunkel.com/.

  28. Through the Microscope: An Internet Gallery of Health Science Images. Wadsworth Center. New York State Department of Health. http://www.wadsworth.org/databank/index.htm.

  29. Bacteria (Images). Buckman Laboratories. http://www.buckman.com/eng/micro101/bacteria.htm.

  30. Extremophiles. Michael T. Madigan and Barry L. Marrs. Scientific American. http://www.sciam.com/0497issue/0497marrs.html. April, 1997.
    Pictures : A variety of extreme environments | Halophiles account for the redness in salt collection ponds

  31. Triumph of the Archaea. Carl Zimmer. Discover Magazine. http://208.245.156.153/archive/output.cfm?ID=467. February, 1995.

  32. Introduction to the Archaea. Thomas M. Terry. University of Connecticut. http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/229sp99/archaea.html. February, 1998.

  33. Domain Archaea. Bharat Patel. Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. http://trishul.sci.gu.edu.au/~bharat/courses/ss13bmm/archaea.html. August, 1997.

  34. Thermophiles. Yellowstone National Park. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/yell/nature/thermophiles/biopro.html. February, 2001.
    Pictures : Grand Prismatic Spring | Morning Glory Pool | Chromatic Spring | Unknown spring

  35. Biggest Bacteria Ever Found -- May Play Underrated Role In The Environment. Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990416081113.htm. 1999.

  36. Biology. Campbell, Reece and Mitchell. 5th Edition. Benjamin/Cummings. 1999.