The editors and authors of Topics and Prokaryotic and Virus Biology have identified the following free online resources of updated information relevant to the compilation's themes:
Microbe Life: educational resources at Carleton College.
http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/index.html
The Earth Microbiome Project.
http://www.earthmicrobiome.org/
Unseen Life on Earth.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series121.html
Viruses and Bacteria.
http://science.pppst.com/viruses.html
Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology.
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/
Biogeograpy of bacterioplankton in inland waters. Jürg Brendan Logue and Eva S. Lindström. 2008.
http://www.fba.org.uk/journals/index.php/FRJ/article/viewPDFInterstitial/105/26
Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map.
Jennifer B. Hughes Martiny, Brendan J.M. Bohannan, James H. Brown,
Robert K. Colwell, Jed A. Fuhrman, Jessica L. Green, M. Claire Horner-Devine,
Matthew Kane, Jennifer Adams Krumins, Cheryl R. Kuske, Peter J. Morin,
Shahid Naeem, Lise Øvreås, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Val H. Smith,
and James T. Staley. 2006.
http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Documents/Publications/2000s/MartinyEtAl2006NRM.pdf
Archaea--timeline of the third domain. Cavicchioli R. 2011.
http://www.ufpel.edu.br/biotecnologia/gbiotec/site/content/paginadoprofessor/uploadsprofessor/359772b8d21af81a67ddf6e0a78373fb.pdf
Major players on the microbial stage: why archaea are important. Jarrell, K.F., A.D. Walters, C. Bochiwal, J.M. Borgia, T. Dickinson and James P.J. Chong. 2011.
http://mic.sgmjournals.org/content/157/4/919.full
Exploring the vast diversity of marine viruses. Mya Breitbart, Luke R. Thompson, Curtis A. Suttle, and Matthew B. Sullivan. 2007.
http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/217196.pdf
Manual of Aquatic Viral Ecology.
http://www.aslo.org/books/mave/
Estimating Virus Production Rates in Aquatic Systems.
Audrey R. Matteson, Charles R. Budinoff, Claire E. Campbell, Alison Buchan, and
Steven W. Wilhelm. 2010. (Article and video)
http://www.jove.com/video/2196/estimating-virus-production-rates-in-aquatic-systems
Marine Viruses. Weinbauer MG, Wilhelm SW. 2006.
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Marine_viruses
Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses
Corina P D Brussaard, Steven W Wilhelm et al. 2008
http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v2/n6/full/ismej200831a.html
