Story: Life in hot springs

More links and websites

• Geomicrobiology at GNS Science

  This page on New Zealand’s GNS Science site outlines geomicrobiology and research interests at the institute.

• SpaceRef – astrobiology and life science – extremophiles

  This page, from the Astrobiology website, has a range of links to sources about extremophiles.

More suggestions and sources

• Horikoshi, K., and W. D. Grant. Extremophiles: microbial life in extreme environments. New York: Wiley-Liss, 1998.
• Konhauser, K.O., and others. ‘Hot spring sinters: keys to understanding earth’s life forms.’ Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40 (2003): 1713–1724.
• Madigan, M.T., and B. L. Marrs. ‘Extremophiles.’ Scientific American 276 (April 1997): 66–71.
• Reysenbach, A., and others. Thermophiles: biodiversity, ecology, and evolution. New York: Kluwer Academic, 2001.
• Rothschild, L. J., and Mancinelli, R. L. ‘Life in extreme environments.’ Nature 409 (2001): 1092–1101.
• Whitton, B. A., and M. Potts. The ecology of cyanobacteria: their diversity in time and space. New York: Kluwer Academic, 2000.