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- International Society for Extremophiles
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http://www.bcss.org.uk/ - Cactus and Succulent Society of America Web site. (10/30/2008)
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http://www.microbeworld.org/microbes/archaea/ - Raven, Peter et al. "Biology of Plants." Worth Publishers. 1992. (10/20/2008)
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