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It’s a microbial world (And was and will be to the end)
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3 Domains of life ~4-6 x 10 30 cells ~350-550 Pg of C (1 Pg = 10 15 g) ~60% of all biomass
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History of Earth http://web.mit.edu/12a34/www/home.html Indications of eukaryotic life
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Seawater
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Ice bacteria Ice images: Priscu research group, MSU
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Soil bacteria
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Hydrothermal vents http://www.cascadia.ctc.edu/facultyweb/instructors/jvanleer/
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Subsurface biosphere
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Space? http://www.astronomie.de/vds/astronomietag-2003/alh84001.jpg
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Allen Hills Meteorite http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/marsmets/alh84001/images/ALH84001,0-saw.jpg
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What life is made of http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/procaryotes/images/procaryote.jpg CHNOPS Used to make: Lipids Proteins RNA DNA
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