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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