Ice Ice Baby...

Ok, I apologize for the pun there, but I found this article which I thought would be a good one to read as you start to study the types microbes in detail. The article "This Is What Lives Under Antarctic Ice" by Lisa Raffensperger for Discover Magazine, reports on a study of the microbial ecosystem 2600 feet deep into the Antarctic ice. Can you believe that almost 400 species of microbes were discovered thriving there. As you read the article, I invite you to think about microbial structure and physiology and how it connects to these guys living in an environment that is inhospitable for most organisms.

Click this link to read the the article.