Overviews of Monera

Kingdom Monera
A brief discussion of the Kingdom Monera from the Biology Department at Cecil Community College in Maryland.

Kingdom Monera
From the Biology Department at Manhattan College.

Overviews of Archaebacteria

Archaebacteria
An explanation of Archaebacteria from the Biology Department at Southwest Texas State University.

Introduction to the Archaea
From UC- Berkeley, this site has a nice explanation of how archaea came to be recognized as a major domain.

The Microbe Zoo
A very entertaining and informative site for Microbe research.

Microbes Deep Inside the Earth
An article from Scientific American.

Methanogens

Methanogens
Description of Methanogens from the Center for Metalloenzyme Studies at University of Georgia.

Methanogens
Another discussion of Methanogens, a little technical, from Oklahoma University.

Extreme Halophiles

Halophilic Microorganisms
Description of Halophiles and more from the Department of Biology at Ganeseo College SUNY (State University of New York).

The Astrobiology WebŪ
"Life in Extreme Environments: If life can exist somewhere - it will."

Thermoacidophiles

Subsurface Bacteria
A discussion of thermophilic anaerobic microbes from the American Geophysical Union.

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Eubacteria

Eubacteria - The True Bacteria
An explanation of Eubacteria from the Biology Department at Southwest Texas State University.

Introduction to the Bacteria
From UC- Berkeley, this site has a brief explanation of bacteria and also includes lineage information.

Introduction to the Cyanobacteria
From UC- Berkeley, this site has an explanation of cyanobacteria with lineage information.

Eubacteria
From the Tree of Life, lineage with a link to illustrations of cyanobacteria.

Eubacteriobionta
From the Biology Department at Manhattan College.

Taxonomy: Classification, Nomenclature, Laboratory Identification
From the University of Texas-Houston Medical School.

Viruses, Viroids, Prions & Bacteria
A Biology course outline with descriptions and examples from the University of South Carolina.

Virus Databases Online
This website provides access to the ICTV (International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses) databases, the VIDE (Virus Identification Data Exchange) databases, and links to others.

The List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature
"This site provides an alphabetically and chronologically list of the nomenclature of bacteria as cited in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, or published, or validated in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology."

All the Virology on the World Wide Web
From David M. Sander, Ph.D. at Tulane University, "All the Virology on the WWW seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet."

The Bad Bug Book
From the U. S. Food and Drug Administration a handbook describing various Pathogenic Bacteria and Viruses.

NCBI Taxonomy Browser
From the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health.

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Viroids

Viroids
From Charles State University in Australia.

Viruses

The Big Picture Book of Viruses
You may search by Name, by Structure/Genome, by Host, or by Disease. "On this page, several types of information about viruses can be found. The viral images are listed by their taxonomic groups. Also listed on the page are links to detailed information...about the viruses, and links to other WWW sites (All the Virology on the WWW) with additional information."

The International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses

Taxonomy of Viruses

And from the same website:
What is a Virus? and Genome Diversity and Genomic Replication Strategies

Index Virum
This is a collection of index files which link to lists containing all virus family, genus and species names found in The Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses.

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