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===Description of Niche===
===Description of Niche===


===Are there any other non-microbes present?===
===Location of Microbes===
Plants? Animals? Fungi? etc.


===Do the microbes that are present interact with each other?===
===Do the microbes that are present interact with each other?===

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Classification

Higher order taxa:

Species:

Who lives there?

Description of Niche

Location of Microbes

Do the microbes that are present interact with each other?

Describe any negative (competition) or positive (symbiosis) behavior

Do the microbes change their environment?

Do they alter pH, attach to surfaces, secrete anything, etc. etc.

Do the microbes carry out any metabolism that affects their environment?

Do they ferment sugars to produce acid, break down large molecules, fix nitrogen, etc. etc.



'Super' bacteria live on sheets, fingernails: study

On June 6, 2005, U.S reserachers

References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Edited by [Chung Abbott, Ibukun Osindele, Anusha Sridharan, Jerry Wang], students of Rachel Larsen