Today, Dr. Jennifer Biddle of the School of Marine Science and Policy at the University of Delaware joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss deep microbial life in marine environments (and why you should care about it), as well as her fascination with archaea!
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Jennifer Biddle
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Links for this episode
- The Tiny Earth program website, originated by Dr. Jo Handelsman.
- A review of the marine archaea.
- An article about microbial diversity in marine sediments.
- An article on methane and deep microbial sediments.
- A nice blog post about sulfur oxidizing microbes in marine sediments.
- Work by Dr. Biddle and colleagues on hydrogen consuming bacteria in deep sediments.
- Work by Dr. Biddle and colleagues on geochemical processes promoting microbial growth in deep marine sediments..
- The wonderfully strange skeleton shrimp discussed by Dr. Biddle.
- A video explaining about taking a dive on the marine submersible Alvin.
- Dr. Biddle’s faculty website at the University of Delaware.
- Dr. Biddle’s laboratory website.
- The forgotten woman who made microbiology possible
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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